My 10th Bike-packing trip to Scotland’s Western Isles
Tag: Hebrides
Western Isles by bike 2018
Vatersay, Barra, Eriskay, South Uist & Benbecula I’ve been in love with this part of Scotland since I first visited on my bike in 2009. The beaches have been my bedroom, my inspiration and the main draw for my visits over the years. Weather can be hit or miss in the Western Isles, but mostly […]
Western Isles 2016
OK, it was July when I visited the Hebrides, and its now December and almost the next year, but what can I say. It took me a while to retype my handwritten scrawl from my notebook and of course I had too many photos to choose from. But here they are and I hope you […]
Discovering & Documenting our Natural Heritage
Christine who runs the Outer Hebrides Biological Recording website contacted Ruanaich.com for details of the wildlife I had recorded on my Hebridean holidays. She had been made aware of a post I had placed on iSpot of some buoy barnacles I had photographed on South Uist. I also sent her details of the compass jellyfish from […]
Hebrides 2014
Here is an account of my Hebridean holiday. I usually write up the diary when I stop at the end of the day. The date heading are indicative and show when I wrote the piece. Monday 4th August 2014 16:57 I’ve fed on the now expected macaroni cheese, wandered the deck of the boat, tried […]