... except the Kyles and Western Isles

To recap, in the late 60s West Tarbert Pier's days semed to be numbered by the announcement in February 1968 of a ro-ro car ferry servic...

Nowadays, the Caledonian MacBrayne car ferries to Islay leave from Kennacraig Pier about half way down West Loch Tarbert in Kintyre. But u...

Nowadays, it's mostly famous for that road sign:- Photo credit Marc Heckert But what most people don't realise, as they sweep...

As we're on the subject of Compton MacKenzie, let's do The Monarch of the Glen as well. The 1941 novel centres on a fictional clan ...

Until the BBC dramatised his 1941 novel "Monarch of Glen" for TV in the early 2000s, Sir Compton MacKenzie was more famous for his...

It's one of Scotland's less well known castles but next time you sail into Loch Boisdale on South Uist, look out for the island of ...

My problem is that I've got more ideas for posts than I have time to post them:- As you can see from that list, so far I've only man...