Blog Entries from Scottish Islands Explorer
Blogs (web logs) and blogspots provide a unique insight into Highland life and nature in Lochaber and The West Highlands.
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Last Update: Thursday, October 18, 2018 - 11:09
Once the Church of Scotland supported a missionary / teacher on the remote island of Foula where the kirk (above) has few social amenities immediately around it. Few residents use the road to reach...
The prospect of being able to fly from Kirkwall to the outer Orkney islands by electric plane could be a reality by 2021. Read the item on the BBC Website and quietly make plans to be there for some...
Here's the most northerly Church of Scotland kirk in Britain - at Unst in the Shetland group. Although specific church closures have not been announced, the figure of 20 out of 31 to be...
Waterfalls are determined by forces of gravity - for there's not much that can stop them. However, Storm Callum performed remarkably on Skye as these pictures from the BBC Website show.Scottish...
The history of Vallay contains elements of a 'tall story' or in this case lengthy shadows on the tidal flats that separate it from the rest of North Uist. However, Lucy Davies explores many down-to-...
Bosta Beach, Great Bernera, Isle of Lewis, is depicted here by Murdo Alick Macleod and appears in Art UK. For a tour of the island in high-definition there is no better way than the Calco Macleod...
The Auld Haa Guesthouse will, like all other connected properties on Fair Isle, be receiving full power from the Scottish Power electricity grid from today onward. There will be no need to rely on...
Mangersta, off the west coast of Lewis, has much to offer - from a secluded beach with surf to a sensational bothy that's safe. However, as the autumnal weather closed in, the seas proved too much...
The annual Angus Macleod Memorial Lecture will be given at 19.30 on Thursday 8 November at Pairc School, Gravir, South Lochs, Lewis by Dr Angus Macmillan on his late uncle and namesake, Angus...
There was an expected rise in the number of people taking in the Outer Hebrides during the benign Summer of '18. However, the increase in the number of corncrakes visiting was particularly...