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Front Cover
Image of the Corryvreckan Whirlpool
from Seafari Adventures - Easdale
CONTENTS
NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2016 SCOTTISH ISLANDS EXPLORER 3
Lerwick - page 8 Isle of May - page 28
SCOTTISH ISLANDS EXPLORER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2016 Volume 17 / Issue 6
4 Editor John Humphries andGuest Columnist Emily Richards
5 Vision for 2020 with Christmas Offers as well as the Quiz challenge
6 Insights One Books with Seasonal Interests - as Presents or for Pursuits
7 Insights Two A Gift from a Writer’s Cabin
8 Lerwick
Stephen Roberts traces its development from Shetland backwater
13 From the Static to the Dynamic
Jack Palfrey took a Jerba campervan on a test-run15 Islands Beyond
Hew Prendergast finds coincidences in Bronte, Sicily
16 Oban
Roger Butler focuses on ‘the Gateway to the Isles’20 The Cladh Hallan Mummies
Sharon Brookshaw uncovers some of their mysteries
24 Readers’ Opportunities One
Get Out More ... With Less!25 Readers’ Opportunities Two
HMS Hampshire: A Century of Myths and Mysteries Unravelled
26 Centrepiece
Little Terns - Michael Steciuk shares his images from an assignment28 Isle of May - Beloved of Vikings, Smugglers and Seabirds
Marieke McBean on the island in the Firth of Forth
32 Ages of Man and Tomb of Eagles
James Hendrie visits the archaeological finds of two people35 Morvern
James Petre sees it more as an island
38 The Corryvreckan
Gordon Eaglesham explains the whirlpool phenomenon42 The Beehive Cells
Marc Calhoun takes a walk to Ardveg
45 Inchcolm
Susan Hulme investigates the ‘Iona’ beside the city48 Responses
Chris Banks revives special memories of visiting St Kilda
49 Crossword Sponsored by the Islands Book Trust
Tom Johnson presents puzzlers with his 25th challenge50 Island Incidents
Barbara Sellars experienced the ancient and modern in InchcaillochMorvern - page 35