I is for Inner Hebrides
Image credit: Kelisi via Wikimedia
The Hebrides is an archipelago off the west coast of Scotland (sometimes known as the Western Isles) and is divided into Inner and Outer (see map). There are 36 inhabited islands in the Inner Hebrides, of which I’ve visited a handful, and many more uninhabited. There are pictures below of:
Skye – The Quirang
Mull – the colourful houses of Tobermory which starred in the children’s TV series as Balamory. From Mull you can take boat trips to smaller islands such as Staffa, home to Fingal’s Cave of Mendelssohn’s overture fame, and the Treshnish Isles which are great for birdwatchers – see the puffin on Lunga, for example.
Islay – most famous for its multitude of distilleries, two of which are shown here. The Kildalton Cross is the only surviving complete Celtic cross in Scotland and dates from about 800 AD. I love that I’ve also got the mobile library in shot in Bowmore.
Arran – a stone circle on Machrie Moor.
Anyone guess what O is going to be?
The Glasgow Gallivanter 
How about the Outer Hebrides? Lovely photos! I wish we’d had a chance to visit the islands while we were there, but we stayed on the mainland.
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You might have hit the nail on the head!
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The cross is amazing and so beautiful and it survived the centuries. Great pics and love the puffin
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Thanks. Puffins are just so gorgeous.
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Oban ?
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Nope! Keep watching. I did actually think about Walter when I found the photo with the mobile library.
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I’ve never been to Scotland, hopefully I’ll make it there someday. I just checked I’ve been a bunch of places but none that you’ve posted about for A-Z!
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Plenty more to go that you might have been to! Scotland is beautiful, I hope you get a chance to visit.
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Anabel, I have never been able to visit these isles. I would love to spend a summer traipsing about and camping…beautiful photos!
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We camped in a couple of places, but it’s very wet and the midges are lethal!
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Oh you saw a puffin! I’m so jealous. I’d love to visit the Western Isles someday – there’s just too much on my list 🙂 Great post for I
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There were hundreds of puffins! You had to be careful not to fall over them.
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Orkney?
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I so wanted O to be Orkney and S to be Shetland – but I can’t find the photographs! It was pre-digital and I’ve turned out all the boxes in the loft to no avail. Shame.
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