Northern Isles
14 ways to get active on the isles in 2024
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…
Shaping Our Islands
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…
Shetland, never ‘The Shetlands’
Viking heritage By Robin McKelvie The Shetlands are perhaps the most misunderstood island in Scotland. See what I’ve done there? They are never ‘The Shetlands’;…
Papa Westray – the ‘remote’ isle that does not feel remote
Robin flying to Papay Westray By Robin McKelvie Within my first half hour on the island I’ve already had real conversations with more people than…
Meet the Makers
By Robin McKelvie Much of our world today is dominated by retail hegemony and the mass-produced. We tend to slog through most of our shopping…
Getting away from empty beaches: A passport to real community
By Annie Delin. Published in Scottish Islands Explorer. February / March 2023. Everyone knows that Scotland’s islands are wild, deserted, spectacularly…
Artistic talents will ‘rub off’ on island tourists as passport stamps developed
By Andrew Hirst. Published in The Shetland Times, Arts & Entertainment on Friday 27th January 2023. Dawn…
An introduction By Robin McKelvie
We’ve teamed up with talented travel writer Robin McKelvie to bring you a series of blogs sharing our mutual love of the Scottish Islands. Read…