Approaching Stornoway on a fine, calm day aboard Zoonie, the natural harbour opened its arms in what would normally seem to be a welcome to the seafarer, but over to the right is a tiny buoy and a concrete pillar in the water, which open the door on an event that was the opposite to …

Whisky Galore – soon Low grey clouds beckoned us forward and south on our last morning across Lewisian terrain that we were now familiar with, but including some fine lochs, set deep into the landmass, some smaller ones called Lochans, and also some tiny ones, Lochlets? Respect for ancestry and history was evident with modern …

The Long and Ancient Road We travelled across a bleak landscape of peatlands, too bleak even for pretty cotton grass to flourish, and too wet for gentle cattle, along a single-track road, virtually due west to a period a few thousand years after the end of the last ice age, to where people from Ireland …

Part 2 Tolsta and the Bridge to Nowhere Our second day brought a submersion into gorgeous coastal views, crofting history, Victorian industrial zeal, and ancient Christian activity leading to the downfall of the MacLeods and the gifting of Lewis by King James VI of Scotland to the Clan Chief of the Mackenzies in 1610. A …

Part 1/4 A Short Odyssey in the Outer Hebrides Part 1/4 Northwards up the Isle of Lewis to Port Ness Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a different era and an entirely alien location to the one you are used to? That’s what I love about travelling and exploring …