Sandaig

Gavin Maxwell spent the last months of his life on Kyleakin Lighthouse Island and part of the myth will remain there, but it is more strongly linked with Sandaig – the place he called Camusfeàrna in his books. It is a place of pilgrimage for many. I ...

Jim Murphy at a Nurture Class at Sandaig Primary School, Barlanark, Glasgow yesterday. Picture: Robert Perry. PETER JONES. 22:00 Monday 16 February 2015 00:48 Tuesday 17 February 2015. 18. Have your say. THE Scottish Labour leader has got it ...

The north health board has appointed a west coast ferry operator to transport medical teams between Skye and the Small Isles. Sandaig Ltd, of Mallaig in Lochaber, has been awarded the £183,000 contract to provide a charter boat service for NHS Highland ...

Now I have come to Sandaig, a wild and isolated spot overlooking the Sound of Sleat to Skye, to see the site of this saga for myself. It is a timely moment to reflect on Maxwell's legacy. This Tuesday marks the centenary of his birth, and the occasion ...

Maxwell was entranced; he brought the otter back to Britain to his remote cottage in Sandaig on the West Highland seaboard (made famous as Camusfeàrna in Ring of Bright Water). That otter would change his life and provide the storyline and the title ...

THE forest track which leads to Sandaig, a remote sandy bay on the Glenelg peninsula in the Highlands, is not on the regular tourist trail. Though land access rights mean it is open to all, visitors are not actively encouraged to make the journey down ...