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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Thirty Years of Adventures in Search of the Past: Skye & The Small Isles

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I am happy to announce that Volume 2 of the Thirty Years of Adventures Series, Skye & the Small Isles , is to be published by the Island...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

Scottish Islands Explorer - Start of Another Era

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I've learned that Scottish Islands Explorer will live on, as the Islands Book Trust has acquired the rights to publish the magazine. It...
Friday, October 24, 2025

Scottish Islands Explorer Magazine - End of an Era

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I recently learned that Scottish Islands Explorer magazine has ceased production, and that the October 2025 issue will be its last. The maga...
Friday, September 19, 2025

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As I stood on the Bridge to Nowhere last July, I did some time-travelling. I could see myself, 27 years younger, standing on that very spot,...
Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Return to Dune Tower and the Dougal Monument

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Last month, I had the chance to return to a few places on Lewis I'd not been to for nearly 30 years. It was back in 1998 that I made the...
Monday, June 9, 2025

Walk to Bothan Sròn Smearasmal

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At 11 am, Saturday, July 12, I will lead a walk to the beehive shielings of Bothan Sròn Smearasmal (North Harris). There are over a hundred ...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Hebridean Healers - Crois an Ollaimh - Mull

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It is always depressing to leave Iona. I needed something to cheer me up, so as we drove east across the Ross, I looked at my tattered OS La...