As told by a human resident
During WW2, Loch Striven was used to trial the naval version of the famous bouncing bombs invented in 1943
In the 1950s, off the coast of Lewis, animals were tested with biological agents
Patronised by the Inverailort gentry, this lovely church once served the now abandoned Ardnish peninsula
Maclean of Duart is aided by soldiers from the Spanish Armada
A horse gets co-opted into the scheme
Puck Fair is Ireland’s oldest festival- it has been celebrated yearly since 1603. It involves a goat, a schoolgirl and lots of merriment.
Revenue cutters were used to pursue smugglers round the coast, but some captains were sympathetic
She recorded her impresssions of the place and people in her journal
The shifting fortunes of the Berneray islanders and a brief island history