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Southern Hebrides of Scotland

A Guide to the Southern Inner Hebridean Isles of Argyll

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides

September 16, 2012 by ron

Nowadays a travel to one of the Hebridean islands is relatively simple. You pick a method of travel, book a ticket and, when the weather is favourable, you're on your island in a relatively short time. What a difference with the 1700s when steam … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Iona, Mull, Travel Report Tagged With: Books, Boswell, hebrides, History, Ulva

Tobermory Distillery Isle of Mull in 1885

September 30, 2009 by ron

Alfred Barnard made an epic journey with some friends in the late 1800s and visited working whisky distilleries in Scotland, Ireland and England. About his journey and distillery visits he wrote a book called ’The Whisky Distilleries of the United … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mull, Travel Report Tagged With: distillery, History, Mull, tobermory, travel

Isle of Coll

September 12, 2009 by ron

I'm happy to announce another new page on the Southern Hebrides website. This new page is about the most north-westerly island in the Southern Hebrides, the Isle of Coll. The islands neighbours to the east are Mull and Ardnamurchan Point, and Gunna … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coll, island Tagged With: bays, beaches, Coll, History, island, people

Duart Castle Battle Re-Enactment

August 13, 2009 by ron

In 1647, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: History, Mull, Video Tagged With: duart castle, History, Mull, Video

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Scottish Islands
A Guide to Every Scottish Island. This is the definitive reference to the Scottish islands, and one of the best Scottish books on any subject you'll ever see.
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