THE BEST OF NORTH UIST AND BENBECULA

The Outer Hebrides are a place apart and of all the very different islands that make up that 130 mile … Continue reading THE BEST OF NORTH UIST AND BENBECULA

NEIST POINT ON SKYE

This is a tremendous area of 300m cliffs, wild ocean and a good concrete track which took us out to … Continue reading NEIST POINT ON SKYE

This simple hike, short and straightforward begins at the field behind Kiloran beach where cars can park. We could have … Continue reading A CLAMBER UP COLONSAY’S HIGHEST HILL (143m!)

The Tide Table posted in the Estate Office gave low tide times for each day in September and also … Continue reading A HALF DAY ON ORONSAY

Two nights on a tiny Hebridean island, a clamber up its highest hill and a tidal crossing to an ancient abbey…. Continue reading COLONSAY AND ORONSAY:TWO TINY HEBRIDEAN GEMS

The summit of Harris’s highest mountain is an amazing viewpoint over ocean and hill. It IS a boggy walk (for … Continue reading CLIMBING CLISHAM on HARRIS

Lossit Bay is possibly my favourite beach on an island with many beautiful sands. Sanaigmore runs a close second.We headed … Continue reading ISLAY – LOSSIT BAY, PORTNAHAVEN and SANAIGMORE

Day 3 – lovely Kilchoman Beach, around 2km long and usually pounded by the Atlantic Ocean was the plan, followed … Continue reading ISLAY – KILCHOMAN BEACH WALK AND PORT CHARLOTTE

This walk began as an 90 min easy stroll we’d done before, to over 3 hours of at times tough … Continue reading KILCHOMAN BEACH AND TWO (SMALL) HILL WALKS

Day 2 on Islay dawned beautifully – a red sky not bringing rain but more warm, sunny weather. It was … Continue reading ISLAY -WILD GOATS AND HEATHER:THE MULL OF OA