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: Friday, April 19, 2019 - 21:12
Stornoway Airport is becoming increasingly connected with a new service to Southend - some 53 minutes by train from London. Flights are scheduled for six days a week, take just under three hours with...
Angus Macdonald (91), probably the last person to be born on the Monach Islands, in the Atlantic beyond North Uist, has died. Aspects of his life-story are featured in The Press and Journal.Scottish...
To the right of the Rockall photograph, actually 220 yards to the north, is Hasselwood Rock, usually only visible as breaking waves. It is 3 feet above low water and 15 yards in diameter. Most...
Where better to build The Skye Window House than on the Sleat Peninsula, taking in scenes of sea and Mainland mountains? Click here for details of luxury self catering.Scottish Islands Explorer -...
The lighthouse at Port Ellen gives a sense of perspective to the heavy crossing to Islay for the CalMac ferry. It's captured here by Lynne McCulloch in the current BBC's Your Pictures of Scotland....
These images of Skerryvore Lighthouse, taken by Ian Cowe, are central to the item, presented by James Petre, in the current edition of Scottish Islands Explorer featured on yesterday's blog. The...
The new edition is now out - in shops and through subscribers' letter-boxes in the UK - and anticipates the coming of Spring. The cover depicts the Skerryvore Lighthouse and the photographs which...
The Orcadian has an account of an expedition setting off next month to trace the steps and voyages of the Arctic explorer, Dr John Rae. The 400-mile journey by four men will begin in Repulse Bay (...
Take stock of time and spellings. 107 years ago, on Unst, a Tengmalm's owl was spotted. The specie re-appeared recently, but now at Tumblin, Bixter, on Shetland Mainland. The story is carried in the...
The Community Hall and Post Office on the Isle of Rum could become attractive facilities for newcomers who are being sought to boost the population. It currently totals 22 and more are needed to make...
