I continued along the coastline up to the war memorial. And there were even more puffins! I had planned to walk to the Da Sneck Ida Smaalie, a 30 m deep and 2 m wide crack in the cliffs, filled with puffins, but it was already quite late in the day, so this will be […]
Welcome to Shetland & Inner Hebrides 2023! I started my stay in Shetland with a very special boat trip to the Isle of Foula. This remote island lying 20 miles west of the Shetland Mainland covers five square miles and has five distinctive peaks, including one of the highest sheer sea cliffs in Britain – […]
Welcome to Finlaggan, the centre of the Lordship of the Isles. A few miles to the south-west of Port Askaig on the island of Islay lies Loch Finlaggan, a place of great importance in Scottish history. In the loch are three islands, two of which lie close to the north shore. These are Eilean Mòr (the Large Island) […]