Author Archives: Viola Lewis

The island dream we have been following over the last 10 days is based on a tour I have been guiding for a number of years. It is an absolute

I used to say: there’s no tour of Scotland without Loch Ness and Edinburgh. This was about 20 years ago when we had far less visitors in our ‘honeypot’ destinations.

Our mini cruise took us to the Granite City, Aberdeen. Slowly we get used again to the hustle and bustle of mainland life. It is early morning when we embark

We have reached the northernmost destination of our journey and Scotland’s northernmost island group – Shetland. The Northlink Ferry will wait for us at Lerwick Harbour, whilst we explore the

A magic number – a magic day. Today we will enter the Neolithic Heart of Orkney – a UNESCO World Heritage site. On our way to the Northlink Ferry we

No island today. We are on the move from the Western to the Northern Isles of Scotland – from Ullapool to Wick. Slowly we are leaving the calm Gaelic twilight

A leisurely day today. CalMac’s MV Loch Seaforth will take us back to the mainland in the early afternoon. Until then there’s time to explore Stornoway. Yesterday we hardly saw

A whole day under the open sky on the Isle of Lewis. Today a journey into time awaits us. First, we cross over to the westside – surrounded by open

Another early start to catch the ferry to our next 2 islands – Harris and Lewis. We are driving along the spine of Skye to Uig and yesterday’s landscape appears