I have posted before on the Burma Road of Lewis, also known as the Hamnavay Track (see the Feb 17, 2015 post ). It is a 10-mile unpaved roa...

I was browsing through photos from my last trip to Lewis and came across this one that brought a smile to my face; a 'toast' to the...

I've only had the pleasure of visiting Harris on Rum twice. The first time was in 1997, when my wife and I made the 12-mile round trip ...

These days you walk onto the ferry at Mallaig, and then walk directly onto Eigg via the ferry Lochnevis. Prior to that the Loch Mor waited ...

There are a few wishing stones scattered around the Hebrides, and a wish I made at one of them actually came true.  The wish I made whi...

There are several inauguration stones in Scotland. The most famous is the Stone of Scone; stolen by Edward I in 1296, and placed under the ...

I have fond memories of the catamaran Gemini. Between 2002 and 2005 I chartered her five times. Back then she was owned by Mike Murray , wh...

This is the 1000-foot-long Scalpay Bridge, which opened in 1997. The first photo was taken from MV Chalice on a Hebridean cruise I took in ...

On occasion I roll the dice and go to Scotland with a tent and sleeping bag. The gamble is if the checked luggage with all my camping gear ...

We will say goodbye to the Flannans from the top of the island. Eilean Mor has two summits: the eastern one with the lighthouse, and the we...

The summit of Killegray has a unique cairn. As you can see there is a large opening at the base, and another higher up. I was told that thi...

From the chapel we head down to the Humpies, an interesting bit of lumpy terrain at the south end of the island. The Humpies In the Hu...