Blog Entries from Scottish Islands Explorer
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Last Update: Saturday, June 15, 2019 - 16:42
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...
There has been quite a demand in the market-place for a recent Lego model - the 14.5" long, 310 piece version of CalMac's MV Loch Seaforth. 400 have been sold since the launch of the replica ten days...
Of the 19 buildings shortlisted by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, and featured on the BBC Website, one is on the islands. It's The Black House, Isle of Skye, designed by Dualchas...
For the past ten years, Sarah Watts has been hosting courses for clarinet and bass clarinet on Raasay. Now the Raasay Distillery has asked her to perform a new piece of music - Ten Wee Drams - that...
