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: Saturday, December 15, 2018 - 08:00
When Andrea Verni photographed the Shetland sunset in 2013, the image made an immediate and timeless impact. Now local GPs are prescribing looking at aspects of nature in order to help cure some...
The first Hebridean Dark Skies Festival is to be held on the Isle of Lewis from Friday 8 until Tuesday 21 February 2019. Read about the event on the BBC website and consider the paintings of Ron...
From today public bodies will be barred from producing maps of Scotland with the Shetland Isles boxed or inset. The reasons are fully outlined on the BBC website. Scottish Islands Explorer - is...
One of the epic journeys of the Arctic Explorer, John Rae, is to be commemorated next year with a 102-mile trek across the Boothia Peninsula, Canada, by the explorer, David Reid, and his team in what...
It's been the ambition of Gordon Mackay, since he left off-shore work, to set up a dairy business on the Isle of Lewis. That's now in operation at Moorpark Farm and its Guernsey herd is producing...
The designs of sea-going vessels have certainly changed from Viking times. The welcome sight of the CalMac car deck to a lone cyclist in Stornoway and the contrast of old and new at Haroldswick, Unst...
Funding will certainly be needed to create an Arctic Centre at the Hall of Clestrain, the former home in Orkney of John Rae, the explorer associated with the North-West Passage. The endeavours of the...
The branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland on Barra will not be closed following a review by the company. The Press and Journal gives the details. Will more islanders use the facilities now?Scottish...
Strontian is on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula at the head of Loch Sunart. There is something about the place that brings out the resourcefulness of people. It gave its name to strontium, a soft, silvery...
During the past six weeks some 25 marine creatures have become stranded on Outer Hebridean beaches. An item in the Stornoway Gazette attempts to unravel the mystery of this matter.Scottish Islands...
