'Lonely Isles is a site about the abandoned and sparsely populated islands of Scotland. Our country is surrounded my many of these fascinating islands and we felt that they deserved to have a site dedicated to them.
Lonely-Isles is not, and never will be, a site which attempts to tell you all you ever need to know about an island - think of us more as a portal. Our aim is to make you aware of what information is out there in the form of books, web sites, dvds etc. The information sources we recommend will contain much more detail on all of the islands featured.
That's not to say Lonely-Isles is simply a gateway. We also hope to display as many photos as we can find. In time we hope to take and present many of our own. Brief histories and population trends will also feature with more detail available in our recommended books and websites.
One book which deserves special mention is Hamish Haswell Smith's excellent The Scottish Islands (pictured left) . To be honest without this book I would have struggled to put the site together. It may not have any pictures, but what it does have are Hamish's detailed maps and beautiful illustrations. Islands which even the most serious island hopper won't have heard of are featured and this really is a book anyone interested in the islands around Scotland must own.
Once every island that can be featured is online the work on the site will continue. Pages will be constantly reviewed and updated as and when necessary. New photos will be added from time to time and in general the site will probably never stand still - hopefully there will always be something new to see.
One last thing to say. We have not featured Wikipedia links on many of the pages, unless we were really struggling. Wikipedia is a magnificent sink for information on all sorts of subjects, including Scottish islands. However, we felt to most people that is already known. The links on Lonely-Isles are in the main the less obvious, harder to find, more island specific ones. I hope this is what people would want us to do; it's certainly what we felt was most appropriate.
Enjoy reading Lonely-Isles.
Thanks for visiting,
Paul & Deena Clements.
[email protected]
[email protected]
Lonely-Isles is not, and never will be, a site which attempts to tell you all you ever need to know about an island - think of us more as a portal. Our aim is to make you aware of what information is out there in the form of books, web sites, dvds etc. The information sources we recommend will contain much more detail on all of the islands featured.
That's not to say Lonely-Isles is simply a gateway. We also hope to display as many photos as we can find. In time we hope to take and present many of our own. Brief histories and population trends will also feature with more detail available in our recommended books and websites.
One book which deserves special mention is Hamish Haswell Smith's excellent The Scottish Islands (pictured left) . To be honest without this book I would have struggled to put the site together. It may not have any pictures, but what it does have are Hamish's detailed maps and beautiful illustrations. Islands which even the most serious island hopper won't have heard of are featured and this really is a book anyone interested in the islands around Scotland must own.
Once every island that can be featured is online the work on the site will continue. Pages will be constantly reviewed and updated as and when necessary. New photos will be added from time to time and in general the site will probably never stand still - hopefully there will always be something new to see.
One last thing to say. We have not featured Wikipedia links on many of the pages, unless we were really struggling. Wikipedia is a magnificent sink for information on all sorts of subjects, including Scottish islands. However, we felt to most people that is already known. The links on Lonely-Isles are in the main the less obvious, harder to find, more island specific ones. I hope this is what people would want us to do; it's certainly what we felt was most appropriate.
Enjoy reading Lonely-Isles.
Thanks for visiting,
Paul & Deena Clements.
[email protected]
[email protected]