Camels and deserts are all but synonymous. At least, they used to be. In the last ten years, India’s camel population has plummeted by...

Everyone knows, Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow. But how many know that if Mary lived in Iceland . . . she would...

The stories have been all over the television, the newspapers and, of course, social media. This summer’s travel debacles have reached...

An ancient Boreray "recipe"

Boreray Island to the right, Stac-an-Armin to the far left and Stac Lee in the middle It has been raining hard all morning. In fact, if I...

From the top of Conachair on Hirta, looking across at Boreray Island on the right, Stac an Armin on the left. For the past month or so...

Sketch of the Dunara Castle It is all but impossible to imagine what the remaining thirty-six St Kildans were feeling as the Dunara...

Depending your perspective, early summer is the perfect time to visit St Kilda. The Soay sheep are in their most unglamorous state as long ropes of tangled wool seem to drape from every inch of their body. By mid-July, they will have successfully rubbed it off using the countless miles of stone walls to scrape themselves clean.

St Kildan men and their sheep, note the difference in their facial markings Much of the interest in St Kilda revolves around the curious...

A woman and a young boy holding freshly caught fulmers. For just a moment, I try and imagine what it was like to grow-up on St Kilda...

Young ladies and girls on St Kilda, The women with white lace on the front of their headpiece indicates they are married Throughout much...