Day 1 – Barra, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

I flew from Glasgow to Barra in the Outer Hebrides today, Thursday 24th April. As you can see from the photo, Barra airport is a beach on the north of the island. The airport cafe is lovely and I had a coffee and snack there before catching the W32 bus (2 pounds 10 pence single) to Castelbay the main place on the island. The weather was sunny and after leaving my belongings at the hotel, I walked over to Vatersay for some exercise. The idea is to catch the W33 bus on Saturday and walk around the island of Vatersay.

Castlebay is so called because of Kisimul Castle situated in the bay. It’s the former home of the Chief of the MacNeils but is now in the possession of Historic Scotland.