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Wild Swimming, Tiree, The Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Cold water and quiet shores

Cold Water Surfing and Wild Swimming in Scotland are experiences that find you amongst the beauty and tranquillity of the most remote shores, where you leave the crowds behind, and...

Cold water and quiet shores

Cold Water Surfing and Wild Swimming in Scotland are experiences that find you amongst the beauty and tranquillity of the most remote shores, where you leave the crowds behind, and...

Crossapol beach Tiree with surfers and windsurfers and the machair in forground.

Tiree - the Journey

We came to Tiree for the first time in 2018 for a family holiday with our three young daughters, the four-hour ferry journey from Oban was just so astonishing, we...

Tiree - the Journey

We came to Tiree for the first time in 2018 for a family holiday with our three young daughters, the four-hour ferry journey from Oban was just so astonishing, we...

Beautiful unspoiled Ulva

Beautiful unspoiled Ulva

Ulva is an island of outstanding natural beauty. Cars have been all but banished and the human touch is light.  

Beautiful unspoiled Ulva

Ulva is an island of outstanding natural beauty. Cars have been all but banished and the human touch is light.  

Isle of Iona

Isle of Iona

My parents visited Iona in 1968 with my two young brothers the year before I was born.  I grew up hearing stories of this beautiful tiny island of rock and...

Isle of Iona

My parents visited Iona in 1968 with my two young brothers the year before I was born.  I grew up hearing stories of this beautiful tiny island of rock and...

Isle of Staffa

Isle of Staffa

The Isle of Staffa is 7 miles west of Mull and 6 miles north-east of Iona. This untamed and uninhabited island hides the famous and astonishing Fingal's Cave. Otherworldly and...

Isle of Staffa

The Isle of Staffa is 7 miles west of Mull and 6 miles north-east of Iona. This untamed and uninhabited island hides the famous and astonishing Fingal's Cave. Otherworldly and...

Seaweed - the hidden habitat

Seaweed - the hidden habitat

As well as providing an invaluable habitat, seaweeds provide ‘ecosystem’ services such as protecting our coastlines from storm surges and erosion, buffering rising ocean acidity, and maybe most importantly given...

Seaweed - the hidden habitat

As well as providing an invaluable habitat, seaweeds provide ‘ecosystem’ services such as protecting our coastlines from storm surges and erosion, buffering rising ocean acidity, and maybe most importantly given...