Island enthusiast

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Active & sustainable travel, Baleshare, Canna, Eigg, Food & Drink, History & Heritage, Island enthusiast, Muck, North Uist, Rum, Seil, South Uist, Stronsay

By Robin McKelvie It’s an exciting time at Scottish Islands Passport and for anyone who loves Scotland’s glorious islands. The third and fourth books of…


Muck

Arts & Music, Food & Drink, Island enthusiast, Muck, North West, Outdoor Activities

By Robin McKelvie Muck Tearoom “We’re a tight knit community that just gets on with it,” smiles Bruce Boyd, owner of the Isle of Muck…


Raasay

Food & Drink, History & Heritage, Island enthusiast, North West, Outdoor Activities, Raasay

By Robin McKelvie Raasay walking stamp available in the app It was at one of Skye’s landmark castles that the extent of tourist overcrowding on…


Barra and Vatersay

Accessible travel, Active & sustainable travel, Barra, Food & Drink, Island enthusiast, Nature, Outdoor Activities, Vatersay

By Robin McKelvie Barra beach runway by Mike Austin I’ve been lucky enough to arrive in Barra over the years by plane, on both ferries,…


Accessible islands with Wheely Braw

Accessible travel, Barra, Island enthusiast, Islay, Tiree

I embarked on my first Hebridean adventure back in 2022 and, as an ambulatory wheelchair user (someone who both walks and wheels), I’d be lying…


14 ways to get active on the isles in 2024

Active & sustainable travel, Arran, Barra, Bressay, Bute, Eigg, Gigha, Harris, Island enthusiast, Jura, Lewis, Mainland Orkney, Outdoor Activities, Rum, Skye, Tiree

By Robin McKelvie Looking for somewhere you can throw yourself into active sports and activities? Look no further than Scotland’s islands, a world-class playground for…


Sustainable island travel

Active & sustainable travel, Arran, Barra, Eigg, Island enthusiast, Outdoor Activities, Skye

By Robin McKelvie e-bikes at Eigg Adventures Leave your car on the drive. Take the train to Mallaig. Jump on the CalMac ferry and arrive…


Isle of Jura

Island enthusiast, Jura, South West

By Robin McKelvie There is clearly something about Jura. George Orwell may have hailed Scotland’s eighth largest island “extremely ungetatable”, but he chose Jura to…


Canna

Canna, History & Heritage, Island enthusiast

By Robin McKelvie The Isle of Eigg shines brightly as an example of a Scottish island where a community buy-out has not only halted depopulation,…


Shaping Our Islands

Coll, History & Heritage, Island enthusiast, Lewis, Papa Westray, Unst

Shaping Our Islands travelogue By Robin McKelvie In the world of glossy TV documentaries the soaring mountains and tumbling glens of Scotland are left, front…