Rhenigidale

That's how I came across the path to a place called Rhenigidale. It looked like a modest walk, just about 5 miles long, but the details that emerged were intriguing. It seemed the tiny seaside village in the string of islands called the Outer Hebrides ...

And once in Scotland, after finishing the West Highland Way and happily making day hikes around the Isle of Skye, I found that speaking of Rhenigidale could have a profound effect. One especially excited bus driver nearly ran off the road. A hostel ...

And once in Scotland, after finishing the West Highland Way and happily making day hikes around the Isle of Skye, I found that speaking of Rhenigidale could have a profound effect. One especially excited bus driver nearly ran off the road. A hostel ...

I'm following the postman's trail, an age-old track that connects the small town of Tarbert with the minuscule hamlet of Rhenigidale on the south-east edge of the Isle of Harris. For centuries, the only way for the outside world to reach Rhenigidale ...

The tiny Hebridean village of Rhenigidale was first settled in the 1820s by people evicted from the North Harris deer forest – clearance for the purposes of blood sport. Until 1989, it was isolated even by Outer Hebridean standards. The only access was ...