The Hebrides in summer. If you stand still, there is just the sound of the wind in the machair and the song of skylark and curlew. A place of big skies and dramatic changes in weather. There’s a sense of being at the limits, on the edge of Europe. If Skye is too busy then head to Coll or Tiree or ever further west, across the Blue Men-haunted Minch to...
Scotland's new Hebridean whiskies
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Head to the Hebrides to take in a raft of new distillers working to bring life and traditions back to these islands. Above, the Isle of Raasay (photo: Christina Kernohan).
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