Skye Cuillins with Canna & Rum

St Kilda Expedition

---

June 8th 2008
Today we’re heading for the Isle of Canna and possibly further. After weeks of good weather, a cold front is forecast to arrive over St Kilda in the next couple of days. The overcast morning suggested it might have arrived. Just my luck? As we cleared the Point of Ardnamurchan, the wind and heavy sea swell gave us more concern. However, as often happens on the west coast of Scotland, we end ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Inverness-shire » Saint Kilda Islands

---

Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more