Grianamul
Travel Blogs from Isle of Barra
Eriskay and Uist
... in some Wicker Man event? I can feel a nightmare coming on. There's also newspaper clippings of 2 men that the authorities were after for salvaging whisky from the sunken Politician ship. One of them has his pal burying a case out the back of the house as the authorities arrive, he shouts at him to cover the hole with seaweed before they get to the house. They search the house but don't find the buried case of whisky and he's well pleased. Other man is not so lucky as the ...
Mair Rain and Failed Fougasse
... where are THEY ?where ARE THEY? WHERE ARE THEY!!!! I should have brought a paper bag to breathe into. They are both well pleased with their winter weight wetsuits. They do a good job in keeping them comfortable in the water. However, body boarding over, a wee heat from a plate of soup is in order and bacon and oatmeal soup is just the dab at the Vatersay Hall. Apparently this soup is eaten with cheese scones in Barra - so, if it's good enough for the locals ...
Pabbay and Mingulay
... by it's people in the early 1900s following a tragedy that resulted in the entire male population being lost at sea when fishing. Another wide beautiful Hebridean beach, I walk down to the seashore and on the way back take a photo of my footprints, the only footprints there and as soon as the next storm comes the photo will be the only evidence that my footprints were ever there. How many islanders' footprints have been windblown on this shore over the years? Now that Lord ...
Torturing Ross - Around Barra on a Bike
... What other airport in the world serves "Mince n Tatties" ? AND they're REAL mashed tatties. We head back from the airport to the circular road round the Island, I love the sign, to the left Castlebay, to the right, Castlebay. We head down the west side and I see something big in the water, we stop and are treated to a pod of dolphins off Sgeir Liath near Tangasdal Bay putting on a show. In the evening Leslie and I head to Craigton to look for the ...
Kismul Castle, Hobbits and Hebridean Band
... of his writing there. An Englishman but passionate about Scotland and Barra, he is buried on the island at Eolaigearraidh, not far from where he lived. Back in Castlebay we nip across to see Kismul Castle, 1 minute trip by boat. Expected to be staring at the inside of bare walls but, in fact, we came through the castle gate into a courtyard that looked like a Hobbit village with wee houses. The Hobbits are out for the day so we have a look round the Clan MacNeill's ...
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Other places to stay in Isle of Barra
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Castlebay Hotel
Castlebay, Isle of Barra | B&B -
Hillside B&B
25 Glen, Isle of Barra | B&B -
Bayview Guesthouse
Nask, Isle of Barra | B&B -
Northbay House
Morghan, Isle of Barra | B&B -
Aros Cottage
Buaile-nam-Bodach, Isle of Barra | B&B -
Tigh-Na-Mara Guest House
Castlebay, Isle of Barra | B&B
