From mist-veiled lochs to dolphin-streaked sounds, a Hebridean cruise is the most soul-stirring way to explore Scotland’s wild west, says Lewis Nunn. Hosting just eight guests, Lucy Mary evokes the ...

An antique ketch in a force eight gale? A first-time sailor grabs a rope and hangs on for dear life in the high seas off north-west Scotland I am holding on hard to the 112-year-old Bessie Ellen. We ...

Wildlife experts hope to "completely eradicate" a species of invasive mink from the Outer Hebrides after receiving new funding to trap the remaining animals. More than 2,000 American mink have been ...

I am no stranger to long walks – I have done quite a few, including Jordan north to south and crossing Morocco and the Sahara. However, I am a relatively new convert to doing it alone, self-guided and ...

Writers including JM Barrie, Compton Mackenzie, George Orwell and Robert Louis Stevenson spent formative periods on the remote, wild, romantic Hebrides Jura drifts off mainland Argyll in a sea ...

The Hebrides range complex in the UK has undergone a major revamp to enhance its tracking and telemetry capabilities. QinetiQ has completed a £40 million ($56 million) upgrade to the UK MoD’s range ...

OUTER HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND — The word “remote” is greeted with an eye roll by the tight-knit communities of the Outer Hebrides, a collection of spectacular islands off Scotland’s far northwestern coast ...

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“We can’t stay here too long,” Jamie Boyle told us when we stepped out of the car. He had driven us to one of the most remote spots in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, a tiny island called Vallay that ...