Scotland has over 790 islands, many of which can be found off the west coast. Ferries ply the routes between these islands, and a few can also be reached by air.
Some tour highlights
- Flying into the Isle of Barra in a tiny plane and landing on the beach
- Exploring the clear waters and fine white powder beaches of the island of Iona, a site of pilgrimage since St Columba established an abbey on the island in AD 563
- Head to the Outer Hebridean island of Lewis and Harris, a place of windswept moorland and deserted beaches. Visit pre-historic sites such as the superb standing stones at Calanais, thought to date from around 3000 BC.
- The Isle of Skye is always popular with visitors and it’s not hard to see why – stunning mountain scenery, inlets, bays and lochs, tiny villages and thousands of years of history are yours to discover.
Scottish Highland Trails
My resolution this year is to read more, and one of the books that’s been on my list for a long time is The Living Mountain. What a wee gem of a book this is! Written in the 1940s and only about 100 pages long, this is Nan Shepherd’s breathtakingly See More
Scottish Highland Trails is at Castlebay, Barra.
The Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides looking so peaceful and picturesque in the winter sun today! There are various suggestions as to where the island’s name came from, but one suggestion is from Old Norse meaning ‘bare island’. Kisimul Castle, which sits on a small rocky outcrop in See More
Scottish Highland Trails
Just look at the skies today up in the north west! This is the gorgeous view this afternoon from the Oban - Barra ferry looking towards the islands of Skye, Rum and Eigg with the Ardnamurchan lighthouse bottom right. Beautiful! ☀️☀️🏴
