Tag: Scotland

Mythic history and a bit of the wild side on Scotland’s Isle of Islay

Antonia Malchik July 3, 2009 Antonia projects, Europe travel, Parks and preserves, travel stories

Islay is an island of in-between mythicality. Dangling on the end of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, it escapes the overwhelming tourism of Skye but has less edge-of-the-world freshness and excitement …

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“Island on the Edge of the World: The Story of St. Kilda,” by Charles Maclean

Antonia Malchik March 20, 2009 Antonia projects, Europe travel, Parks and preserves, travel books

The Outer Hebrides sit far out from the Scottish mainland like a crust of land left by a receding tide. Stand on the Western edge of Lewis or Harris …

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Scotland’s Isle of Barra: home of the world’s coolest runway

Antonia Malchik February 6, 2008 Antonia projects, Europe travel

If there is such a thing as God’s country, Scotland would be it. We are flying low, over green farmland threaded with yellow gorse in bloom, headed to the …

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