The Outer Isles
Variously known as "The Western Isles", "The Long Isle", and the "Outer Isles". are an island chain on the edge of the atlantic.
From its northern tip at the Butt of Lewis to Barra Head in the south this archipelago of hundreds of islands and skerries is 130 miles long, surprisngly seventeen are still inhabited.
populated by over 27,000 hardy souls many of whom list Gaelic as their first language the islands are a land of distinct cultures and stark contrasts.
From dramatic sea cliffs which take the full force of North Atlantic storms to sweeping white sandy beaches, deep blue and green bays backed by flower strewn Machair. From barren boggy peat moors to great craggy mountains these islands are a landscape photographers paradise.
From its northern tip at the Butt of Lewis to Barra Head in the south this archipelago of hundreds of islands and skerries is 130 miles long, surprisngly seventeen are still inhabited.
populated by over 27,000 hardy souls many of whom list Gaelic as their first language the islands are a land of distinct cultures and stark contrasts.
From dramatic sea cliffs which take the full force of North Atlantic storms to sweeping white sandy beaches, deep blue and green bays backed by flower strewn Machair. From barren boggy peat moors to great craggy mountains these islands are a landscape photographers paradise.
