OK, I know it's not island related, but we got married on Tuesday. After 13 years together, we are now looking forward to more adventures as Mr & Mrs Calder. Thank you to everyone who attended our wedding picnic, and to those who sent their best wishes. When gnome bowling becomes an Olympic sport in 2012, we know who to call.

Outdoor Photography: Island Journal Pt 8

In Outdoor Photography, Issue 129, August 2010 we have reached the Isle of Bute.

Outdoor Photography Island Journal Pt 7

In Outdoor Photography, Issue 127, June 2010 we arrive in Cornwall.

Island fact - no.2

Eilean Glas lighthouse, Scalpay

In 1821 Robert Louis Stevenson paid a visit to Eilean Glas on the island of Scalpay. During the trip his crew captured a great auk, which they took aboard intending to take it to a zoo. The auk escaped 'while being allowed to fly for exercise'. It was last seen off the Mull of Kintyre. 'This bird is thought to have been one of the last living great auks'.

This fact was sourced from the Eilean Glas Lighthouse Guide Book.

Flight attendant

More than 300 birdwatchers have requested further information about a job vacancy at the Fair Isle Bird Observatory, 24 miles south of Shetland. With a healthy resident seabird population, and the possibility of rare migrants passing through, the island is a twitchers paradise. The closing date for applications is 5 July 2010.

This fact was sourced from The Sunday Telegraph.

Island fact - no.1

Anna Meredith from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Sudies in Midlothian is currently investigating a disease affecting palmate newts on the Isle of Rum in Scotland. Symptons include 'blister-like nodules or lumps' on the skin 'caused by a protozoal parasite'.

In a bid to discover how widespread this condition is, Anna is asking for people across the UK to report any sightings of newts with lumps and bumps to anna.meredith@ed.ac.uk. (Please do not handle or disturb the animals). 

This fact was sourced from the June issue of BBC Wildlife magazine.

Waterloo

out of place in the city

Inverness

the old and the new

Ullapool - day 3 - The Summer Isles

kite man of Tanera Mor, Summer Isles

Ullapool - day 2

Ullapool

Ullapool - day 1

arriving on the ferry at Ullapool

Lewis - day 7 - Great Bernera

Bosta Iron Age House

Lewis - day 6 - Gearrannan to Dalbeg

mobile shop

Lewis - day 5 - Butt of Lewis

Butt of Lewis lighthouse

Lewis - day 4 - Westside tourist route

Callanish Stones

Gearrannan Blackhouse Village

inside Arnol Blackhouse

Lewis - day 3 - Tolsta

Traigh Mhor, Tolsta

Lewis - day 2 - Stornoway

Lewis - day 1 - Stornoway

Harris - day 7 - Huisinis

old lazybeds at Loch Crabhadail, Huisinis

Harris - day 6 - An Cliseam

from the top of An Cliseam (Clisham)

Harris - day 5 - West coast beaches

Traigh Sheileboist, Harris