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The Falls of Lora
‘The Falls of Lora’ has a romantic sound to it, like a mystical veil of tumbling water in some Arthurian legend. Ask a sea kayaker if they’ve heard of it, however, and the chances are their eyes will...
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Sailing on the tide
Calmac's Isle of Lewis coming into Ullapool The islands around the coast of Scotland are almost infinitely varied, ranging from tiny bastions of wave-pounded rock to large land masses like Skye, Mull,...
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Britain’s oldest rock bands
Bands in cliffs at Port Ness Lewisian gneiss is the oldest type of rock found in Britain, having been formed about three billion years ago. Its name is derived from the Isle of Lewis, where it’s...
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Staffa: Pillars of creation
Even if you aren’t particularly keen on rocks, you can’t fail to be impressed by Staffa. Lying about six miles west of Mull, this tiny island rises out of the sea like some kind of giant soufflé, its...
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The whisky distilleries of Islay
This photographic tour takes you around some of Islay’s eight malt whisky distilleries – from Caol Ila and Bunnahabhain in the north, to Ardbeg and Lagavulin in the south-east. I’m also including the...
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Canoeing in Glen Dochart
Click to view slideshow. On 1st February, Leonie (our younger daughter) and Tony Hammock of Seafreedom Kayak took a trip by open canoe from Loch Iubhair to Loch Dochart and then west along the River...
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On Ilkley Moor…
Click to view slideshow. by Verity Woolf Last weekend we had Chris’s parents to stay with us for a few days. They are both keen walkers, so we wanted to show them what the West Yorkshire moors had to...
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Signs of life
We’ve come across some interesting road signs and public notices over the years, in a variety of places: remote, picturesque, ancient, weather-worn – or just really surprising! Here’s a selection of...
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The whirlpool of Corryvreckan
Just off the west coast of Scotland, in a narrow neck of sea between the north tip of Jura and the southern coast of Scarba, lies the third largest whirlpool in the world: the Corryvreckan. This...
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A walk on Machir Beach
On the west coast of Islay, at the end of a minor road that peters out into a sandy car park, is a breathtaking stretch of sand called Machir Beach. Exposed and windswept, it faces the Atlantic storms...
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