
Here are some pictures of a trip through the Scottish Isles. Starting in the Shetlands, we travelled down through to the Orkneys, then through the Hebrides, criss-crossing “The Minch” as we wend our way, dodging the worst of the weather to end in Dublin.
Lerwick, Shetland Islands
Coastal formations on the western coast of Shetland Islands.
Coastal formations on the western coast of Shetland Islands.
Various lichens cover the rocks all around here, western Shetland Islands
Coastal formations on the western coast of Shetland Islands.
Isle of Foula, just off the southern coast of the Shetlands
Isle of Foula, just off the southern coast of the Shetlands
Isle of Foula, just off the southern coast of the Shetlands
Isle of Foula, just off the southern coast of the Shetlands
What's that darling? Fair Isle, where the wool is pulled off the sheep (not shorn). Famous for their wooly jumpers
Fair Isle coast, an island of only 50 inhabitants.
Fair Isle coast, an island of only 50 inhabitants.