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: Friday, April 19, 2019 - 21:12
Crofting in the Scottish Highlands & Islands has a mystery about it as well as an appeal. There are, of course, problems - as highlighted on the BBC website - and people keen to solve them - as...
One of the 'Routes to the Isles' involves taking the Skye Bridge and crossing the island to the ferry terminal at Uig. Filling up with food and petrol is a long-standing tradition that has been...
There's a new Vimeo production available that features the many attractions of the Black Isle. Take a Sunday treat and have a highly-visual look around. Just click here and you're off ... a short...
The two sides of the Sandray shore, in the Bay of Vatersay, off Barra, are illustrated here. The skipper of a fishing vessel had to be rescued by lifeboat when his boat was grounded in the vicinity....
Wherever you look on Islay there seems to be a sign to a distillery. However, yesterday on Facebook I suggested that there were 'more than a dozen distilleries' and was taken to task by a watcher. I...
Coull Farm, Isle of Islay, has both a fine location and good accommodation. It is a working establishment, has sea views, is close to Machir Bay, enjoys nearby facilities and at least a dozen...
Lerwick has a long history of offering accommodation to travellers. It's the administrative centre of Shetland and the entry-point to its islands for many visitors. The two most established hotels...
How different are human needs in various eras. The Standing Stones on Great Bernera satisfied a desire to make lasting visual impacts; the Black Bay Recording Studio on the same Outer Hebridean...
Illumination came late to St Kilda and the old series of photographs found on YouTube reinforces this impression. It's remarkable to think that the images, from the 1880s, were of British people,...
Have a double-take on the Flannan Isles Lighthouse and then, going back some 110 years, take in the BBC Website item on the newly-released film, The Vanishing.Scottish Islands Explorer - cannot be...
