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Author picks
The Highlands has its poster places: Loch
Lomond or Eilean Donan castle for example. But
the most treasured memories of a country are
usually more personal discoveries. Here are those
of Rough Guides' authors as they travelled down
every lane and supped in every pub in the cause
of researching the Guide.
Skye crafts
The mountains are marvellous, but
who knew that Skye (p.270) also had such a
vibrant modern-crafts scene? Pick up a galleries
brochure in Portree tourist o
ce or visit
W
art-skye.co.uk.
Island-hopping in the Small Isles
If there's an
easier free-wheelin' mini-adventure than a few
days' bouncing between the Small Isles (p.285),
they're keeping it quiet.
Pitch perfect
Only in Scotland can
adventurous campers head out into Great
Britain's wilds then legally pitch a tent (p.285) in
the grandest scenery.
Foula
The most isolated island community in the
UK, Foula (p.391) sits 14 miles off the coast of
Shetland, with forty inhabitants, no shop, and
some of the largest cliffs in the country.
Flying visit
The trip in an eight-seater plane
to North Ronaldsay (p.366) alone is worth it,
even without a night at the ecofriendly bird
observatory and the chance to visit a lighthouse
or meet weavers and seaweed-eating sheep.
St Kilda
The trip out by RIB is not cheap and it
can be bouncy, but fifty miles off the Western
Isles, St Kilda (p.310) has the UK's biggest bird
colony on its highest cliffs.
Beaver Trial, Knapdale
Beavers are back
after 400 years' absence and this reintroduction
project at Knapdale (p.96) offers a rare
opportunity to see the creatures in the wild - if
the lodges are startling, the 60ft-long dam is a
feat of engineering.
Our author recommendations don't end
here. We've flagged up our favourite places
- a perfectly sited hotel, an atmospheric
café, a special restaurant - throughout the
Guide, highlighted with the
Ì
symbol.
FROM TOP
WILD CAMPING NEAR ULLAPOOL; PLANE TO NORTH
RONALDSAY; FOULA
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