Our summer holidays last year were spent in Scotland and for one week we visited the Outer Hebrides. There are more than 100 islands in this archipelago and 15 of them are inhabited, we visited 8 islands on this trip. They are connected by either causeways, bridges or by ferry.
We left Leverburgh on the Isle of Harris by ferry and arrived in Berneray, we only stopped very briefly, driving over a causeway to arrive on North Uist. We had lunch at Lochmaddy, carried on driving through the island. We stopped a few times to admire the beaches and landscape. Our aim was to get to South Uist and our accommodation for the night. To reach South Uist, we had to drive over another causeway onto Benbecula, with a quick stop for coffee and cake. Finally only one causeway to cross over to reach South Uist and our stay for the evening. Our accommodation was the
Orasay Inn, Lochcarman and basically was in the middle of nowhere, but very stunning views. We went for a lovely short walk after our dinner.
The next day we continued our drive down to the bottom of the island and to our final accommodation
Polocher Inn. We visited the
Kildonan Museum which has lots of information about the cultural, social and domestic history of South Uist. We all found it very interesting place and we had lunch there too.
We stopped off at
Askernish Golf Club and my father and Alessio went for a bit of a wonder, myself and my mother stayed at the club for a coffee. The photos of the wildflowers is called the
Machair (a Gaelic word) this refers to fertile low-lying grassy plains found on parts of Northwest coastlines of Scotland and Ireland. It was truly beautiful to see and it was everywhere.
The Polocher Inn is situated right on the sea and the view is just stunning, we went for a lovely walk along the beach. The last photo is at this Inn and Alessio looking for shells and stones. The Inn is very good and would recommend it.
