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.
The titles and text snippets give a taste of each entry with direct links to the main blog entry on the host website.
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Last Update: Monday, February 18, 2019 - 08:00
The Imperial German High Fleet in Scapa Flow has been fully scrutinised in a recent project. The details are supplied by The Press and Journal.Scottish Islands Explorer - worth submerging yourself in...
If you have that get-away-from-it-all-feeling plus the capacity to-do-it-up and around £150k for the purchase price, you could consider The Marchto be found on the edge of Vidlin, Shetland. If so,...
The Press and Journal directs readers towards some interesting insights about St Kilda - pictured here from a glass plate negative of the 19th Century.Scottish Islands Explorer - often features the...
There has been a proliferation of gin-making in Britain since changes to the taxation laws were introduced. So Orkney Gin, from Burray, has done well against the competition to come first in a...
When attention is drawn to an item on Highlanders - architects re-defining Scotland's northern reaches - it's easy to move on to the property at Tigh Port na Long, Skye. Living in a minimalist home...
Stroma, the Caithness (mainland in the distance) island that is very much part of the Orkney group, saw a decline from 375 residents in 1901 to none in 1997. Some 20 years later, The Scotsman ran an...
Canon Angus MacQueen (1923 - 2019), who died last Saturday, was ordained in 1951 and served parishes on the West Coast and Western Isles, including his final ministry at St Barr's Church, in the...
Two island photographs in the BBC Your Pictures of Scotland - taken between 1 - 8 February - provide something of a remarkable contrast. Above is a view between Tiree and Coll; below is North Tolsta...
The West Highland Free Press covers the story of a planning application that has been reversed, giving the go-ahead to restore Pier House, Broadford, Skye, as an hotel. It is pictured below in 1900,...
To end this week's look at properties for sale on the Scottish islands, comes the former Scalpay School, Harris. It comprises four separate buildings and is offered at a price over £90k. Here's a...
