For the Scotland trip this year we spent a week on the island of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides. I lived on the island for five years when I was a child but I had never been back. I can't think why. Every spartan township; every seaweedy smell; every wheeling bird brought back happy memories of a carefree childhood.
Tiree is heaven on earth when it's sunny - endless white beaches, big skies, rock pools to explore, flat machair to walk across. And when the weather is bad — as it was on the last day of our holiday — it's really bad, excitingly bad, with howling gales and horizontal rain. It's a wonderful, other-worldly sort of place. Here are some photos:
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8 comments:
Great photos, and a lovely description as well. I really hope I can visit there someday.
Lovely photos, just like I imagine it. I remember looking with longing across to it from Mull and Iona, and also a book of watercolours of aScottish island tour by Mairi Hedderwick, who did the Katy Morag books.
These should be used by the Scottish Tourist Board! Just gorgeous.
So beautiful, God I miss home
Thank you for all the nice comments.
Those are gorgeous pics, I really must go to Scotland one day!!
Such lovely photos and an equally lovely story. What a wonderful place to be, in Tiree.
De très Belles Photos... Cela donne vraiment envie d'aller y faire un petit Tour...Merci pour ce partage, Vanessa
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