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

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,...

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...

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 ...

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...

In May I will be staying the better part of a week on Rùm. Over the past decade, I've made several day trips to the island, but it's...

Eorsa lay like a scallop-shell on the fringe of the western sea, its concave face opening to the wide ocean, the sunset, and the strung jet ...