At least 35 people were stranded in their vehicles by icy conditions, with sheet ice trapping eight cars for around six hours on Monday December 26.
Emergency services were involved in a dramatic Boxing Day rescue at one of Scotland’s most iconic beauty spots.
Coastguard rescue teams from Portree and Dunvegan and police were sent to try and help free the boxed-in Boxing Day trekkers. The pools area - named as the most romantic place in the UK in a survey for publisher Mills & Boon - has been struggling to cope with visitor numbers in recent years.
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