There are still a few spots available for the May 21 cruise . If the weather and sea cooperate, one of our stops will be the Monach Islands...

Those who are lucky enough to get ashore on the Flannans usually only set foot on one of the Seven Hunters: Eilean Mor, the lighthouse isla...

It was back in 1992, while perusing the dusty shelves of a second-hand bookshop in Vancouver BC, that I first saw Seton Gordon's book A...

One of the great Hebridean walks is to climb up the central glen of Mingulay to the saddle between MacPhee's Hill and Carnan. Along the...

Here are some views of the Mingulay cliffs seen from the sea. Twice now I have had the privilege of being on a boat as it threaded its way ...

After St Kilda, Mingulay is probably the most desired deserted island destination in Scotland. Although I prefer Mingulay, as it has been a...

When I first visited Mingulay in 2003 I was surprised to see that the priest's house had lost its roof. The house, built in 1898, had l...

The image below is a stitched composite of two separate photos. It is of Mingulay, and was taken from the top of nearby Barra Head. Mingula...

After our visit to the Monachs we headed north to Scarp. There is no lighthouse on the island, but it would make a good starting point to t...

Leaving the pit prison we ascend a narrow circular stairway to the top of the tower. From the crumbling parapets you can see down into the ...

After exploring the ground floor I was led up a narrow stairway to a small side chamber. On its floor lay a plywood panel, set there to pre...

This ground floor room in Moy castle is what may have been the chapel. Just around the corner a small flight of stairs leads up to the Hall...

It was in 1991 that I first visited Moy Castle. I had not done any checking, and assumed I could get inside to see its infamous pit prison....

The last time I saw Moy Castle, on the shore of Loch Buie, was in the summer of 2010, when an Icelandic volcano stranded me in Scotland for...