The image shows a causeway curving away from us to the right that is defined by large stones on either side and carries a twin track road. A sign in the right foreground, just to the left of the road, reads "caution, otters crossing". The sky is light blue and the scene is in sunlight.

"Caution Otters Crossing." The South Ford Causeway linking South Uist to Benbecula in the Western Isles. The 800m causeway was opened in 1982, replacing an 82 span single-lane concrete bridge built in 1942. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #SouthUist #Benbecula #WesternIsles

Delighted to share that we have received a grant from the Paristamen Charity through their Responsive Grants Programme 🎉✨
This support helps us continue delivering free, independent, local advocacy 🤝💙

Learn more: www.paristamen.org.uk 🌐
#Paristamen #yourvoiceoursupport 💬 #advocacy 🧡 #westernisles 🌊

…and I have been spectacularly reminded how bloody fortunate I am.

#librarian #librarylife #scottishlibraries #libraries #aussieinscotland #westernisles #eileansiar

The beach at Luskentyre and Seilebost on Harris. The image shows a grassy shore in the foreground, beyond which is a broad white beach which curves round, facing to the left, to a sandy spit of land. In the distance is an island with peaky hills.

Scotland has some great coastal scenery, but it's seldom more idyllic than at Luskentyre and Seilebost on Harris in the Western Isles. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Luskentyre #Seilebost #Beach #WesternIsles #Harris

The north harbour on the island of Scalpay. The image shows a view slightly down onto the harbour with a pier extending from upper right to lower left. Beyond the harbour the shore is indented and mainly modern-looking houses and bungalows are scattered over the landscape, which rises in the background.

The north harbour on the island of Scalpay, an island connected since 1997 by a bridge over the 300-metre-wide Sound of Scalpay to Harris in the Western Isles. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Harbour #Scalpay #Island #WesternIsles #Harris

#carving ~ a question of form and balance

#basalt #gneiss #gneissthings #IsleofHarris #outerhebrides #IsleofLewis #WesternIsles #Scotland #Edinborough #Glasgow #IsleofSkye #carving #geology #stone #rock #Uig #NorthUist #Barra #Iona #nc500 #highlands #OuterHebrides #Seilebost #Luskentyre #landscape

Our practice is rooted in landscape
In this case
Under storms
& In colour
Mixed media paintings including ground stone by Suzanne Lambert
Available online and in the #gneissthings studio on the #IsleofHarris

#painting #art #landscape #gneiss #IsleofLewis #isleofSkye
#OuterHebrides #WesternIsles

Delicate hand carved stone earrings made from the #landscape
#earings #jewellery #silver
#gneiss #gneissthings #isleofharris #outerhebrides #isleoflewis #westernisles #scotland #edinborough #glasgow #isleofskye #carving #geology #stone #rock #uig #northuist #barra #iona #nc500 #highlands #gift #art

#gneissthings #Hebridean #geology #neclace

Each bead is cut, shaped, drilled and polished by hand before braided cords and hand carved toggles are added to complete the string.

Isn’t #Harris amazing!

#gneiss #rock #stone #beads #scotland #heritage #jewellery #westernisles #isleoflewis #skye

Large cord or chain pulls

One of an increasing range of unusual carved stone niche objects to be found in our #isleofharris studio or online at:

www.gneiss-things.com

#bathroom #homewares #interiors #carving #outerhebrides #isleoflewis #westernisles #scotland #highlands #isleofskye #geology

Stone bottle displays for the #isleofharris #distillery
#carved by hand from over 3 billion years old #LewisianGneiss

#westernisles #hearach #whisky #singlemalt #scotland #outerhebrides #hebrides #northuist #benbecula #southuist #uig #nc500 #scottishhighlands #north #geology #stone #gneissthings

Inside the unique and beautiful St Moluag's Church. The image shows the interior of a small stone church with a high ceiling that has oil lamps hanging from it. The windows are very small and the pews are a dark reddish brown. There's an altar and blue screening at the far end.

Inside the unique and beautiful St Moluag's Church in the village of Eoropie at the north end of the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles. It is believed to stand on the site of a chapel built in the 560s.

#Scotland #StMoluagsChurch #Church #Eoropie #Lewis #WesternIsles

Some new pendant forms carved through the darkness of winter-
Feeling like the beginning of spring

#gneiss #gneissthings #isleofharris #outerhebrides #isleoflewis #westernisles #scotland #edinborough #glasgow #isleofskye #carving #geology #stone #rock #uig #northuist #barra #iona #nc500 #highlands

Castlebay seen from the boat that takes visitors to Kisimul Castle. The image shows the stern of a small boat in the foreground, heading away from land on which there is a village, with a church standing on the hillside behind. The scene is in sunshine.

Castlebay, the main village on the beautiful island of Barra near the southern end of the Western Isles, seen from the boat that takes visitors to Kisimul Castle, standing on its rocky island in the bay. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Castlebay #Barra #WesternIsles

Off to see Shona’s folks for a few days.. Nice crossing this morning .. ⛴️ 🌊 #WesternIsles

Nearshore surveys are being undertaken by Fugro for SSEN Transmission's Western Isles High Voltage Direct Current Link - tinyurl.com/35f6ehsv

#Aspermont #Fugro #SSENTransmission #SiteInvestigation #WesternIsles #ARAN250 #GeoData

💕 February Midterm Programme 💕
Storytime, craft and family fun throughout the break.
🍰 Saturday 14th celebrate Library Lovers’ Day with tea, cake and more…

➡Full programme:
www.wilibraries.org.uk/whats-on

#LibraryLoversDay #WesternIsles

Harris in the Western Isles. The image shows rocky mountains in the background with lochs and lower lying ground nearer the front of the picture. The lochs extend in from the bottom left of the frame and the scene is in sunlight.

The highly distinctive scenery of Harris in the Western Isles, seen from the road that runs south-east from Tarbert to the island of Scalpay. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Harris #WesternIsles

Victim of 'Celtic Curse' spent years blaming herself for poor health Anne Campbell says being diagnosed with a genetic disease in her 80s came as a relief.

A genetic mutation causes excess iron in the blood : common in the #WesternIsles www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“The hand that whirls the water in the pool
Stirs the quicksand; that ropes the blowing wind
Hauls my shroud sail.”
Dylan Thomas (1933)
#photography #FairyPools #Skye #Scotland #WesternIsles #Highlands #Islands #poem #DylanThomas #PotD #waterfall #pool #rocks

"when we were blown to the summit,
slivers of silver in a sea of stone
all that this land had taught us
became unheard of, unbeknown."
Catherine Ayres (2012)
#photography #OldManOfStorr #Skye #Scotland #WesternIsles #poem #CatherineAyres #PotD #LochLeathan #Storr #mist #mountain #peaks

The statue of Our Lady of the Isles. The image shows the tall and narrow white statue from the rear in the left foreground. Beyond it a grassy slope descends to a low-lying landscape with lots of lochs and the sea in the background. The scene is in sunshine.

The 30ft high statue of Our Lady of the Isles, offering magnificent views over South Uist in the Western Isles. The statue was the work of the sculptor Hew Lorimer and erected in 1957. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #SouthUist #WesternIsles #Statue #HewLorimer #Geirinis

Iona Abbey in the sun with Mull in the distance on a sunny day

“On Iona the last Gaelic speaker has died.
This winter when the gales battled each roof and window
He was blown out and into the wind.”
Kenneth Steven (1995)
#photography #IsleOfIona #Iona #Gaelic #IonaAbbey #Abbey #poem #Steven #Scotland #WesternIsles #Mull #PotD

#stormchandra providing quite the show at #portofness .... #eileansiar #westernisles #Scotland ...
#landscape and #nature #photography #landscapephotography #visitscotland

“Looming over my head
Mountains menace my life,
But on either hand, let down
From U-valleys like yarn,
Waterfalls all the way
Quietly encourage me on.”
W H Auden (1940)
#photography #waterfalls #MagicGrotto #FairyPools #Skye #Scotland #WesternIsles #Poetry #WHAuden #poem #PotD

Morning sun over Loch Leurbost.

#LochLeurbost #Crossbost #NorthLochs #IsleofLewis #WesternIsles #OuterHebrides

“I would love
to write
a ‘great’ poem,
big as the Cuillins.”
Iain Crichton Smith (1969)
#photography #Cuillins #mountains #Skye #Scotland #WesternIsles #peaks #rugged #ranges #poetry #IainCrichtonSmith #poem #Highlands #islands

#OuterHebrides #WesternIsles

Funding secured for Changing Places Toilet at Bayble - Point and Sandwick Trust Local groups on the Isle of Lewis have welcomed a successful funding application from the Scottish Government’s Changing Places Toilets Scotland Fund that will support the development of a new fully a...

Looking forward to helping deliver a facility that supports inclusion, access and dignity for residents, visitors and families across the community. #isleoflewis #westernisles #outerhebrides

www.pointandsandwick.co.uk/news/funding...

“Were he to count a thousand, a hundred
Thousand sheep, they would all be scraggy
and stare at him with the stare
Of refugees, outraged and sullen”
Louis MacNeice (1952)
#photography #sheep #Iona #Mull #SoundOfIona #IsleOfIona #Poetry #MacNeice #sky #clouds #seascape #Scotland #WesternIsles