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
There was a considerable response to Wednesday's blog featuring a relatively new five-bedroom house for £150k on Shetland's Out Skerries. A comparable figure is asked for an older property - with...
The Hebridean Seaweed Company in Stornoway has been awarded £659k by Highlands and Islands Enterprise to further its work in harvesting knotted wrack. Background and prospects are outlined in The...
If you are attracted by off-shore islands that are distant and distinctive, then consider the Out Skerries, to the north-east of the Shetland group. Here is the opportunity to purchase a five-...
About two weeks ago this blog featured an industrial railway on Skye, built for the transport of Diatomite. The Stornoway Gazette now carries an in-depth article about the product and its process. So...
An interesting new, eco-friendly resort has been proposed for Portree, Skye, and the prospective developer, Charles Garton Jones, needs help … with the selection of a name for it. Take a look at the...
Roger Gentle took this photograph of the Moon with Venus and Jupiter appearing over Skye. It is the only island representative in the gallery of fine winter images in the current BBC Your Pictures of...
Features of the Up Helly Aa festivals can be seen from a long way off. That's part of their purpose.However, two men, perhaps wanting to see more of the Lerwick event, face possible charges in...
Canna and Sanday may be among the Small Isles, but are extensive enough when it comes to mapping. A team from Glasgow-based, GeoGeo, spent five days on the islands last year and successfully took...
It's worth looking into the Skye Cycle Way, where Sustrans - which has created thousands of miles of safe-cycling-track throughout the UK - has granted a £54k award. Read more in The Press and...
It's Up Helly Aa time again in Shetland and the BBC Website gives prominence to a sequence of striking images of the events. In part, they mark the re-birth of the sun after a long winter.Scottish...
