History , Latest Feature , Wild flowers , Wildlife & Nature Burnet rose July 12, 2021 Fragrant and beautiful, this is the wild 'Scots rose'
History , Latest Feature , Wildlife & Nature The Treshnish Isles July 05, 2021 Rocky, remote, treeless, windswept… and teeming with birdlife
History , Latest Feature Glengarrisdale and Maclaine’s skull May 02, 2021 A blissful bay with a 370-year-old story of massacre and revenge... and an unburied skull
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History The island of Gigha May 12, 2019 Memories of Viking longships haunt this tiny island of windswept sandy bays and cryptic stones
Carved crosses , Churches, abbeys and chapels , History The secrets of St Cormac November 05, 2018 On Eilean Mor in the MacCormaig Isles I found a chapel, a cross, a hermit's cave... and an intriguing mystery
Photography Scottish islands: Kerrera July 14, 2015 Kerrera is the long, low island that sits like a natural storm barrier between Oban Bay and the Firth of Lorn. …
Photography Looking again at lichen September 03, 2013 Some of my favourite photos, all taken in one place: Eileach an Naoimh, in the Garvellachs.
History Inchbuie: an island of dreams January 15, 2013 For centuries, this beautiful island in the River Dochart has been the last resting place of 'The MacNab' and his …
Photography A walk on Machir Beach September 30, 2012 Windswept and wild, Machir beach will take your breath away...
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History St Brendan and the Garvellachs February 24, 2012 St Brendan and the Garvellachs sounds like an Irish folk group… and in a way, that's what they were! …
Churches, abbeys and chapels , History Iona’s timeless haven February 09, 2012 Not more ruins! But look how beautiful… Iona's 13th century nunnery will enchant you with its architecture, its setting …
History Finlaggan and the Lords of the Isles November 08, 2011 Historic sites don't get more fascinating than this: once a seat of power in western Scotland, these windswept island …
History Easdale island: a story carved in slate September 20, 2011 This tiny island once helped to 'roof the world' with its quarried slate; now it's a unique blend of …
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