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: Saturday, December 15, 2018 - 08:00
Here is the elevation of Sandwick, Shetland, but it's not the A970 which runs from Lerwick to Sumburgh Airport. On the stretch of that road between Fladdabister and Sandwick, a local man, called 'a...
Last week saw a Great Grey Shrike, a rare visitor, crash onto a conservatory in Eday, Orkney, recover and then be photographed for The Orcadian. The bird's scientific name is Lanius excubitor from...
There's a call from interested parties in Shetland to restore a stop in Lerwick for the Smyril Line ferries, particularly the Norrona (above), on the Denmark - Faroe - Iceland service. It's over...
The Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2019 is a selected category of recommended places for world travellers to visit. It is highly-anticipated and so for the Scottish Highlands & Islands to be in...
Richard Cooper, from Glasgow, photographed his wife and daughters as they walked purposefully over the sands of Machir Bay, Islay, to take advantage of the waves that resulted from Storm Callum. Here...
The Duke of Argyll, whose great-great-grandfather established the Iona Cathedral Trust in 1899, has officially opened the newly-restored library on Iona. The Very Revd Dr Finlay Macdonald (pictured...
One thing will lead to another on Raasay - from the delights of the distillery to the lights of fiery torches. The fourth Whisky Fire & Song event will be taking place on Friday 2 & Saturday...
Here's the MV Coruisk, of CalMac's fleet, approaching Armadale from Mallaig, with the Knoydart Peninsula in the background. Figures in a West Highland Free Press item show that this crossing is...
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...
