Article: Residents rally behind eviction-threatened riding centre on Skye

Residents of Skye are rallying behind the island's only remaining riding centre after its operators were given an eviction notice this week.

The Skye Riding Centre at Suledale, near Bernisdale, attracts around 10,000 visitors a year and has a popular club for young riders.

But the absentee tenant of the crofts where the centre runs has given operator Malcolm Herbert less than a month to vacate the land.

Trudi Robertson, who started the riding centre, left the area three years ago but sub-let the croft to Mr Herbert without permission from the Crofters Commission, which regulates crofting.

Locals have criticised the Crofters Commission for failing to step in and have now set up a campaign ...

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