STANDING TALL
FIELDFACTS LEWIS & HARRIS
Ferries link Stornoway to Ullapool and Tarbert to Uig on Skye. Flights connect Stornoway to Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness.
‘To live in the Outer Hebrides is to experience a way of life rich in culture and history’
Above: Inside blackhouse Na h-Eileanan an Iar, which is near Ness at the northern tip of Lewis, where he lived five months a year for five years while filming the Gaelic drama series Machair.
them, the length and breadth of the Hebrides, it has been standing room only. I’ve been delighted, too, by the reception
for Hebrides, the photo companion book to the trilogy, which we brought out last autumn. The book’s stunning photographs of the islands were taken by David Wilson, who was my designer on Machair, and who loved Lewis so much he went to live there when he retired. I wrote text to accompany his photographs, to tell the story of my history with the islands, and the reasons for choosing the locations I used in the trilogy. It, too, has become a best- seller, in both Britain and France. To live in the Outer Hebrides is to experi-
ence a way of life rich in culture and history, and radically different from that of the Scottish mainland. In a sense, people on the Western Isles live on the edge, not only geographically, but culturally. Over the centuries people there have endured the hardships of weather, conflict, persecution and famine, breeding a hardy, but cheerful population who are open and welcoming. Now, in the modern world, many things have improved and life is certainly more comfortable than it once was. But the people haven’t changed. And it would be impossible to visit these islands and meet the folk who live there without falling in love with both.
ACCOMMODATION Amhuinnsuidhe Castle Estate Tel: 01859 560200
www.amhuinn
suidhe.com
Ardhasaig House Tel: 01859 502500
www.ardhasaig.
co.uk
Carloway Self Catering Tel: 07900 104325
www.carlowayself
catering.com
Eagle Bay Cottages Tel: 01851 830491 www.eaglebay
cottages.co.uk
Gearrannan Blackhouse Village Tel: 01851 643416
www.gearrannan. com
Kabuis Holidays Tel: 01851 710461
www.kabuis.co.uk
Soval Lodge Tel: 07785 354569
www.sovalestate.
co.uk
ESTATES Aline Estate Tel: 01859 502640
www.aline-estate.
co.uk
Garynahine Estate Tel: 01463 220333
www.garynahine-
estate.co.uk
VISITOR CENTRES Callanish Stones Visitor Centre Tel: 01851 621422
www.callanishvisitor
centre.co.uk
YACHT CHARTERS Marine Charter Scotland Tel: 07796 505694
www.marinecharter
scotland.com
Seatrek Tel: 01851 672469
www.seatrek.co.uk
TRANSPORT Caledonian MacBrayne Tel: 0800 066 5000
www.calmac.co.uk
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