The Lone Bothy
July 12, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
I of course love all bothies. But this one at Loch Stack is truly special and so very photogenic.
Idyllic
July 12, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
This idyllic boat house in the middle of the Highlands can be found at Loch Stack.
Not quite a munro
July 13, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Although it looks like it - Stac Pollaidh is not a Munro (mountain), it's only a hill or stack. But it looks oh so majestic. The road through the Inverpolly area is one of the most scenic Scotland hasRead more
See you soon again!
July 15, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
That's a promise, see you soon again, Northern Highlands of Scotland. I'm totally in love with this area. Lovely people, breathtaking landscape and wonderful accommodation. This rainbow was a lastRead more
The wild west is waiting for us
July 15, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Our next ferry leaves Ullapool and sails to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.
Almost no charging points and those existing are out of order... The first time that I'm getting nervous about charging....
Sabbath
July 15, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We have arrived in Lewis. Lovely cottage. Lovely location (Callanish Stones seen out of the window).
But have been very surprised by the message from our host... Tomorrow is Sunday. All shops closed.Read more
Good builders they had
July 16, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Brochs are roundhouse buildings found throughout Atlantic Scotland.
Dun Carloway Broch is the best preserved broch in Scotland, parts of the old wall still reach 9 metres high. You can still go insideRead more
Rough sleeping
July 16, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Even though it was pouring rain, no, BECAUSE it was pouring down, I was determined to look out for some shielings. I found the bleak weather suited the atmosphere of the often abandoned and derelictRead more
The fear of fire 🔥
July 17, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
At the Shawbost Norse Mill and Kiln you see a lot of warning signs, buckets, fire blankets etc. The danger of losing these great preserved and with love restored buildings is great as they'reRead more
Explosive
July 17, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
This Whale Bone Arch shows two bones of the lower jaw of a Blue Whale and were removed from a beached Whale that came ashore in 1920. I cannot believe how big they are 😳😳😳
The harpoon thatRead more
Peat for the living room
July 17, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
This blackhouse, built around 1880, was once the residence of a Hebridean crafting family and their animals, who moved out in 1966, and today it is preserved almost as the family left it, includingRead more
Shieling
July 17, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
In Barvas and Brue they did a great job to keep a shieling as it once was, including a made bed.
For sale
July 17, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
In Ness there's a lovely little post office. Temporarily closed. But the building is for sale, so who needs a new job?
Sand Dunes
July 17, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
Not only that Eoropie Beach is an endless sandy beach. It has sand dunes so high, it reminded me of my trip to Wahiba Sands Desert in Oman. Just incredible.
Sheltered
July 17, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 12 °C
In Port Ness, where Gaelic is still the main language, fishermen get shelter by two very long piers and slipways. A great effort to protect their boats from the rough Atlantic.
White Shells
July 17, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
This white shell beach, Port Stoth (pronounced Stow) with an old port and a lone brick building on top of the cliffs is one of my favourite spots so far in Lewis. I love the minimalism feel.
Summer and Winter within minutes
July 17, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
Just minutes before I took these shots at Dun Eistean, we had a Pizza for lunch outside in the sun. And someone snipped with the finger and there was a storm with rain and gales. The weather is alwaysRead more
The Guinness Record Butt
July 17, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 13 °C
This location is really pure drama. The sea has worked here like a sculptor and shaped the landscape fabulously.
Mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records as the windiest place in the UK. The Butt ofRead more
MacLeods and Mackenzies
July 18, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
St Columba’s Church UI
is one of the most important archaeological sites on the Isle of Lewis. It was the main church during the medieval period and it is a burial place for the MacLeod chiefs andRead more
Woebegone
July 18, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Woebegone is the first word which comes to my mind if I want to describe the charging situation in Lewis and Harris.
Here are so many EVs driving around. Many more than I have seen in other parts ofRead more
Volcanic
July 18, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
The Outer Hebrides have some of the most striking cliffs and stacks in the world.
The island's history of volcanic eruption has formed an amazing, jagged and dramatic coastline.
These are theRead more
3 🌟🌟🌟 Stars
July 18, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
The Uig lodge is a 3 star hotel.
But from me it gets definitely 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ for the location!
Stonehenge older brother
July 18, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
The Callanish Stones are one of Scotland’s most magnificent and best-preserved Neolithic monuments. The cross-shaped setting of stones were erected 5,000 years ago and are therefore older thanRead more
Direction Iceland
July 19, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
This magnificent natural sea arch Stac a' Phris is more or less as close as you can get to Iceland from Scotland. There's nothing but the wild Atlantic in between. Fascinating rugged coastline, soRead more
Embrace simplicity
July 19, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Dating back 300 years, the village of Gearrannan was a crofting settlement containing a cluster of so called blackhouses. For centuries, these primitive one-room homes were shared by both humans andRead more