Outer Banks Pictures

Whatever you call them the western Isles are one of the most remote and beautiful areas of Scotland, over which hangs the long and sometimes bloody history of a place that has been inhabited for more than 6,000 years.

Scotland - Western Isles - Lewis and Harris

Lewis and Harris are spoken of as two separate islands but they are actually joined by a tiny strip of land. Lewis is the largest and the two and a half hour ferry trip from Ullapool takes you to the capital of the island, Stornaway. Once just a collection of rough huts, Stornaway grew up around the castle of the major Lewis clan