Why be like the other sheep?
An abandoned island lying to the south of the Outer Hebrides is the theme for this week’s Friday Flickr.
I visited Mingulay as as day trip from Barra.
Mingulay was the southern most inhabited island in the Outer Hebrides until 1912 when it was finally abandoned, its remaining population unable to sustain their lives there any longer. Continue reading “Friday Flickr – Outer Hebrides: Mingulay”
A day trip to this abandoned island included sea caves, basking sharks and a gannetry.
I made it to Mingulay. Last night I rang the boatman but I was only the third person to book onto the trip to this deserted island and he needed five as a minimum to make it worth his while. He told me that there was still time to get two more recruits and so I agreed to turn up this morning in the hope that he would be going. Continue reading “Mingulay”
Abandoned, isolated islands are quite difficult to get to. That’s part of my fascination with them.
Mingulay has a similar depopulation story to that of St Kilda, but it is less well-known and less documented. I didn’t know anything about it before arriving in the Outer Hebrides (probably because I’d had no time to research my trip). Continue reading “Trying to get to Mingulay”
