Back in June 2007, I had my first ever trip to the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles). It fulfilled a long ambition ever since I was at school. Oban is one of the main ferry ports to the islands and I’d had a few hours to kill before the day’s ferry. I’d [...]
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Back in June 2007, I had a wonderful week in the Outer Hebrides (a.k.a the Western Isles). My first night was spent on the lovely island of Barra, one of the larger isialnds.
After dinner, I’d had a drive around the island looking for somewhere to capture the setting sun and the glorious afterglow once [...]
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It’s been a while now since I’ve updated my blog. This is due to having a couple of holidays that were almost back to back. I’ve had two glorious weeks in southern Utah and northern Arizona.
I flew via San Francisco to Salt lake City to pick up a rental and then headed south, taking [...]
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This is the main port for the southern isles in the Outer Hebrides. Now that Skye is connected to the mainland by a bridge at Lochalsh (boo! hiss!), most of the commercial traffic for the Uists, Benbecula, Eriskay and perhaps Barra uses the daily ferry service.
There is an intense frenzy of activtity as the [...]
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I’m continuing my (irregular) review of my recent trip to the Outer Hebrides. This is taken on the Isle of Eriskay, looking back towards Barra.
The ferry can be seen en-route to Barra ona dead calm sea. I’m come across on the same ferry the day before and the sea was rather choppier than seen [...]
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