Oban harbour, with the Colosseum (McGaig's Tower) at the top
Oban harbour, the quay from which we departed.
Leaving Oban in the evening towards the Outer Hebrides
View of St Kilda and Village Bay. Graveyard (inside the circular stone wall) and storage houses in front.
Old storage stone house (one of many). The house in the background was used for storing feathers from fulmars and gannets. St Kilda is a Natural and Cultural World heritage site.
Stone walls and storage houses
Old main street. St Kilda, where almost 200 people had lived, was abandoned in 1930. Some of the houses have been restored.
The church (from the 1830s) on St Kilda
View of St Kilda and Village Bay
Fulmars on top of the stone houses
Fulmars in action
Soay sheep and lamb, one of the most primitive forms of domestic sheep in the world
Young lamb
View of St Kilda (Dun and Hirta, the main island) and Village Bay, partly sheltered except from southeast winds
The rocks of St Kilda and surrounding cliffs, with Boreray and the stacs at the background. People climbed the cliffs for birds, eggs and feathers.
Approaching the cliff Stac Lee with the world largest colony of gannets
The top of Stac Lee is covered with the world largest colony of gannets
Gannets on top of Stac Lee
Gannets
Northern Gannet
Callanish Stones on Lewis, formed as a Celtic cross, from 2600-2900 BC
Callanish Stones
Callanish Stones on Lewis, with the circle from the Celtic cross
Callanish Stones, up to 5 meter in height, the inner circle
Callanish stone
Broch (dry-stone towers belonging to the local chieftains around 500 BC) at Dùn Chàrlabhaigh on Lewis
Camilla in the broch
Blackhouse village at Garenin (on Lewis west coast), where people lived until 1974
Blackhouse village at Garenin
Blackhouse village at Garenin. Stones for securing the roof.
Blackhouse village at Garenin with turf heap
Tweed weaving
Olle and Birgitta starting a zodiak cruise
Beauiful cliffs of Shiant Island from the zodiak
Olle drving the zodiak, Shiant Island
Bird watching at Shiant Island
Sea birds on the pillars at Shiant Island
Kitiwakes on Shiant Island
Lesser black-backed gull
Around Shiant Island
Caves at Shiant Island
Passage at Shiant Island
Grey seal
The reintroduced sea agles. (John Love, who joined the expedtion and is an expert on the Hebrides, was responsible for the reintroduction project in the 1970-80s).
The reintroduced sea agles
The reintroduced sea eagles
Shiant Island
Shags, Shiant Island
Basalt rocks, Shiant Island
Cave at Shiant Island
The cliffs of Shiant Island
Puffins and razorbill
Returning to ship
Boarding from the zodiak
Loading the zodiak
Loading zodiaks
Sven-Erik and Elsa prepared for the short rain, which only occured once during the trip
Cliffs of Handa
Razorbills
Razorbill
Zodiak cruise at Handa island
Cliffs of Handa Island
Narrow passage at Handa Island
Boarding the ship
Zodiak cruise in waves
Organizing the boarding in windy weather, in shelter from the ship
Boarding in windy weather
Camilla at the Summer Isles post office
View from Tanera Mòr post office
Tanera Mòr post office and the enthusiastic owners describing the life on the island
Post office at Summer Isles (Tanera Mòr)
Primroses
Tanera Mòr, Summer Isles
Camilla and the nice landscape of Tanera Mòr
View from Tanera Mòr, Summer Isles
Tanera Mòr with the mountains on the main land at the back
Fish farm (salmon) at Tanera Mòr
Our ship at Tanera Mòr, with the mountains on the main land in the back
Island of Canna
View from Canna with the chapel in front and the old catholic church at the back
Old Celtic cross at Canna
View from Canna Island
House on Canna
Grave of the former owner of the island (John Lorne Campbell in English) in the field of blue bellies in the wood
Blue bellies
Canna House, being restored
The gardener showing the restored garden (and other things) of the Canna House
Canna House and the Escallonia tunnel
Canna landscape
"Prison Rock" at Canna, the leftmost top place for an unfaithful wife in the 17th century
"Prison Rock" at Canna
Saint Columba's Presbyterian Church on Canna
The Celtic cross on the iron gate to the graveyard
Our ship, boarding for Rum
Southern part of Rum
Strange Kinloch castle, Edwardian style, on Rum
Ruins in the forest on Rum
Summary of the day, expedtion leader Niall Johnson born on the Isle of North Uist
Seals at Mingulay bay
Seals at Mingulay bay. The waves prevented landing.
Zodiaks returning, not finding a suitable place for landing in the waves
The panorama lounge of the ship
Nice sand shores south of Barra
Kisimul medieval castle on a small island at Castlebay, Barra, seen from the bay.
Kisimul castle
Inside Kisimul castle
Courtyard of Kisimul castle
Kismul castle, seen from land
Kisimul castle and our ship
The catholic church "'The Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea" in Castlebay, Barra.
Inside the catholic church in Castlebay, Barra.
Windows, influence by the sea, inside the catholic church "'The Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea" in Castlebay, Barra.
Windows inside the catholic church
Quickly organized bus tour on Barra, since the waves prevented landing on other islands. Here at the airport of Barra, using the "land" created by low tide
The airport on Barra, in the sea, depening on low tide
Our lifevests ordered in cabin number sequence when leaving Barra
Sea bird
Lighthouse of Barra Head on Berneray, seen from Mingulay
Landing on Berneray
The light house Barra Head on Berneray
Camilla and Mats in front of the Barra Head lighthouse
Barra Head lighthouse, from 1833, on Berneray
Barra Head lighthouse
Barra Head
The graveyard at Barra Head
Old buildings at Berneray
Whisky tasting, Niall Johnson
John Love, devoted to the nature of the Hebrides, playing violin
Arriving at Lunga
Spring on Lunga
Primroses at Lunga
Puffins at Lunga, just having returned from the sea to nest
Puffins at Lunga
Puffins
Puffin
Olle watching puffins at Lunga
Puffin at Lunga, our ship at anchor
Fulmars
Razorbills, puffin and fulmar
Shag
Arriving at Staffa
Staffa, Fingal's cave to the right
Staffa with the caves
Fingal's cave at Staffa. The waves prevented landing but we had a very nice zodiak cruise close to the cave.
Staffa with Fingal's cave
Staffa
Staffa, and the nice basalt pillars
Nunnery on Iona
MacLean's Cross, 15th century
Graveyard, St Oran's chape (12th century) and the Iona Abbey. 62 kings of Scotland are buried here.
Iona Abbey
St Martin's cross (8th century)
St John's Cross (replica of the cross from the 8th century, which is moved to the museum)
Inside the Iona Abbey
The courtyard inside the Iona Abbey
Pillars inside the Iona Abbey
Old tomb stones
The Medieval Street (extension of the Street of the Dead, the road from the harbour to the graveyard) and Iona Abbey
Graveyard and St Oran's chapel on Iona
Olle and Mats. having the same preferences for shirts
Niall Johnson at the last evening party
Angus, 16 years old, playing bagpipes on arrival to Oban
