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 ...

During my visit to Lewis and Harris in May I set out one Sunday to revisit the stellar beehive cell of Sron Smearasmal. Eleven years had pas...

Two weeks ago I had a few hours of shore leave on Rum. Not enough time to do much. But time enough to do something exciting. After passing i...

In section 2.6.2 of Beehive Dwellings of the Hebrides I wrote about a visit to the remote cell at Both a' Ghriosamul. It lies two miles...

Way back, in what seems like a galaxy far, far away, I wrote about a night when I was saved from hypothermia. A night when a soggy hiker stu...

Note: I will be pausing the blog until May, when I hope to be able to share the stories of some new Hebridean adventures.  * * * The followi...

A full year has passed since my last trip to the islands. I hope it won't be that long before I get back. It is photos like the one belo...

In May of 2017 I camped for two nights by a beautiful loch in the remote interior of southwest Lewis. I had not planned to camp there. I...

On Friday, September 20, we woke to promising sunshine. After breakfast I jumped ship and walked to the Oifig Failte , the tourist welcome ...