Gallery
From the Quiraing: view to the cemetery car park and Dun Mor.
First glimpse of Uig after the long east-coast loop via the Storr, descending beside Rha Glen.
Closing in on Uig ferry terminal—soon boarding for North Uist.
Arriving at Lochmaddy, North Uist, as the sun slips away.
Blathaisbhal resident, two miles from Lochmaddy, stocked with peat bricks for winter. View over Lochmaddy to Eaval (347m).
Heading for Newtonferry: one of three climbs, at Loch Creige.
Ferryman Mr McAskell loading our bikes at Newtonferry, North Uist.
Mr McAskell loads the last bikes onto the Endeavour of Berneray for Harris. The Moulton gets a special berth.
Mr McAskell steers Berneray’s tricky waters with his hi-tech nav aid, plus cassettes and the paper.
Bikes in the hold, bikes on top – the Endeavour of Berneray does us proud.
Thatched cottages near Rushgarry House by Baile’s silver sands, Berneray, from our ferry.
Berneray’s silver sands as we speed past on the ferry.
Speeding towards Harris after passing Berneray.
Boating on Leverburgh’s loch, Obbe Road behind, seen from near the village stores en route to the café.
First glimpse of Rodel church, halfway between Leverburgh and Rodel, Harris.
Inside St Clement’s Church, Rodel, Isle of Harris.
St Clement’s Church, Rodel, Isle of Harris.
Looking east to Skye from the road between Rodel and Finsbay, Harris.
Mark Burnard at a carefully managed peat site between Rodel and Finsbay, supplying local fuel.
Unique Harris scenery: Loch a Sgurr, a mile south of Finsbay.
The group at Flodabay, taking in Harris’s unique, remote scenery.
Mark Burnard tackles an annoying Moulton puncture between Flodabay and Stockinish.
Evening fun near Stockinish YH.
Martin Hills and Peter Rushworth by the sea near the hostel.