Hebridean Overture



Leaving the Isle of Man

Sit back and enjoy the Inflight entertainment.

Blackpool Squires Gate.

The train now arriving (for Preston)

"The train now arriving" for Glasgow.

Glasgow Central

Our first bed overooks Sauchiehall Street.

Bed Number 1. Premier Inn.

Glasgow Queen Street.

Our train leaves for Mallaig.

So many stops it needs three pages.

The West Highland Line.

The bonnie bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond.

Our comfortable coach.

Crianlarich where the train stops to be split in two.

Glen Orchy.

Snow up there still.

Orchy Viaduct.

Scenic railway?

Someone has a sense of humour.

The bleakness of Rannoch Moor.

Can you see the Red Deer?

Wuthering Heights.

Lonely Lochan.

Lonely Correfour summit. Not accesible by road.

Caledonian Canal at Banavie.

Ben Nevis.

Corpach with Ben Nevis.

Loch Shiel.

Glenfinnan Viaduct.

Glenfinnan.

Small Isles Rum and Eigg.

Mallaig. The end of the line.

Jacobite Steam train.

Lancashire Fusilier Locomotive.

A Black 5 (4-6-0) to spotters.

Mallaig Harbour.

Bed number 2. "Sea View" B&B

Herring Gull nesting on the line.

Our train back next morning.

A worthy mention.

West Highland Way.

Swallow.

Crianlarich where we change for Oban (left)

Many of these trains.

Someone else has humour.

Dalmally. Bet you had guessed that.

Connell Ferry.

We arrive in Oban.

Oban Harbour.

Bed number 3. Corran House.

Calmac ferry.

Corran Folly

On the Ferry.

Tiree.

No time to waste.

Coll.

Spray on the windows.

Shipping it green.

Barra ahead. The flag has gone.

Torn down by the waves.

Somebody has put it back for our arrival.

No time wasted. That's our boat going back

Bedroom number 4. Katie Douglas's B&B.

Barra is big on sheep.

Nice carving of Otters.

Ferry number 2. Barra to Eriskay.

The Politician Bar.

Named after the boat that caused "Whisky Galore".

Original cottage with round corners.

Ruined church.

Restored cottage. Now a Holiday let.

Heron Point B&B

Bed number 5.

Short-eared Owl

Lovely clean water looking back to Barra.

Another clean beach.

The end of another day.

Bonne View B&B. Carinish.

Bed number 6.

Being checked out by the locals.

Corncrake.

Red Stag in velvet.

The Stags swim the Loch.

Loch Eport

Lonely Lochside.

North Uist at Oronsay

Lovely clear blue water.

Just beautiful

Ferry number 3. Berneray to Leverburgh on Harris.

Harris in view.

Leverburgh. A one sheep town?

Bed number 7. Riverside Cottage.

View from Bedroom 7.

Riverside Cottage.

End of a perfect day.

Lovely skyscapes.

Ferry number 4. Tarbert to Uig on Skye.

This was our local loch at Riverside.

This is a walk we did from Riverside.

This is Uig.

This is our Bus for Kyle of Lochalsh.

Uig from across the bay.

The far Coulins are putting love on me!

Skye Bridge song.

Bed number 8. Heatherbrae.

The lovely station at Kyle of Lochalsh.

Gavin Maxwell's Island home.

Skye Bridge.

Train number 6. Kyle of Lochalsh to Dingwall.

Somewhere on the way.

Dingwall Station. Change for Thurso and Wick.

Dunrobin Castle

Forsinard in the Flow country.

Bed number 9. Granville Crescent.Thurso.

The end of another line. Thurso Station.

Helmsdale Valley

A mural at a Station.

Change at Inverness.

Train number 9. Inverness to Perth

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Cairngorm.

Sterlng on train number 10. Perth to Glasgow.

Full circle. Bed number 10. Premier Inn.Glasgow.

Our Avis Car for the next trip to Mull.

Ferry number 5. Oban to Craignure.(Mull)

Our next stop for 4 nights Barrachandroman.

Bed number 11

Loch Na Keale and Inch Kenneth.

Sound of Mull looking to Ben Nevis.

Sound of Mull with Connell Bridge.

Ferry number 6. Craignure to Oban.

Loch Lomond from our next room.

Inversnaid Hotel.

Bed number 12.

Wild Goats .

Landing stage at Inchcailloch.

"Ferry" number 7. Inchcailloch to Balmaha.

Unlucky for us? Bedroom number 13. Travelodge Glasgow.

Flying home.

Meary Voar and Purt Veg

Santon Gorge.

Ronaldsway. We are back!