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Dùn Ban and Halaman Bay

I used one of the nicer days in Barra for a walk from Loch Tangasdale to Dùn Bar and back to Halman Bay. Follow the exact walk here on Walking Highlands. Starting from a phone booth, I passed an old bunker from World War 2 and soon saw the Loch on my ...

Castlebay

After my walk along the East Beach and Barra Airport, I drove along the other side of the island towards Castlebay, the main settlement on the Isle of Barra. Castlebay is located on the island’s south coast and overlooks a bay in the Atlantic Oc...

The airport in Barra

An airport that actually uses the beach as a runway? That´s the airport on the Isle of Barra – and there are actually three runways marked in the sand, so the planes can land no matter from which direction the wind comes. View over Traigh Mhòr ...

The Hill House by Charlie Macintosh

After a day of strolling around Glasgow I picked up my rental car and started driving towards Oban for my first ferry – but already had planned to stop at The Hill House in Helensburgh near Glasgow. Commissioned by Glasgow book publisher Walter B...

My Hebridean Summer 2022

After getting to know Lewis & Harris in 2021 I decided to explore the Hebrides even more. Starting in Glasgow I went to the Outer Hebrides, Barra – Eriskay – South Uist – North Uist – Harris & Lewis and to the Inner Hebr...

Sligachan Old Bridge

The Old Sligachan Bridge is probably one of the iconic sights on the Isle of Skye. Just off the main road, the bridge is set in the stunning landscape of the Cuilins with an amazing view of the Black Cuillins mountains. Sligachan Bridge was built betwe...

Fairy Glen – Skye

The Fairy Glen on the Isle of Skye – is one of the places I didn´t visit my first time in Skye in 2017. So it was about time! A vast parking place greeted me, these spaces definitely have changed in the last 6 years, but as soon as I got over a ...

Luskentyre

It was my last evening on the Isle of Harris and would there be a better way to spend it than a walk on Luskentyre Beach and enjoying the waves?! Feeling like the last person in this world… The cake shed – an amazing honesty “box̶...

Huisinish

I drove the long and winding road to Huisinish – everyone had told me that it is such a hard drive, but honestly, after driving in Assynt I found this one lovely and relaxing with a really well-maintained road and the most glorious scenery. And s...