Blog Entries from Scottish Islands Explorer
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Last Update: Friday, April 19, 2019 - 21:12
Whalsay is a prosperous and well-populated Shetland isle of 7.6 square miles. It is dependent on a ferry service, but there is talk of a fixed link in the form of a tunnel. See The Press and Journal....
Gigha has attracted people over the years. However, the population declined from 700 in the 18th Century to 100 at the end of the last. Following the community buyout in 2002, there was a 50%...
Two photographers, Gordon Macrae and Aaron Simpson, have their work featured in the current BBC's Your Pictures of Scotland. One sheep on Lewis showed an interest; the other, on Skye, continued to...
Lismore has attracted people over the centuries, but archaeologists have recently found proof, backed by radiocarbon dating, of burials back in the 7th and 10th Centuries. A tradition maintains that...
You can get a little further north than Baltasound in Unst, but not that far. It's not easy to find a six-bedroom property in Britain with a guide price lower than £78k. Go to Zoopla for details....
The West Highland Free Press has drawn attention to a decline in the numbers of secondary pupils seeking qualification in Gaelic and of those wanting to apply for places at Sabhal Mor Ostaig (above)...
The Schools Hebridean Society was established in 1962 and above are members of the expedition to Mingulay in 1980; below is the camp at Rhenigidale in 1974. It's now history and yet over 3000 places...
Here is a typical view of bracken on the Isle of Skye. It gives a clue given to the name chosen by competition for the new accommodation and leisure resort to be built at Portree. See the West...
Here is a two-bedroomed country house on the Isle of Scalpay, Harris, that appears to have ideal attributes for creative people or to be to continued in its current use asa self-catering property....
The Fair Isle Bird Observatory has been 'lost to fire' when it was engulfed in flames yesterday morning.. No one was injured, but the smoke was visible from Sumburgh, Shetland, 30 miles away and from...
