Gatliff Hebridean Hostels Trust
Simple Youth Hostels in the Outer Hebrides
Berneray, part of North Uist and joined by causeway, has an identity of its own.
These images have a certain antiquity about them. Julius Caesar introduced the Julian Calendar in 45 BC and these fence-posts on a Berneray beach – from Phototravels – have weathered many 20th Century storms. A feature of the island has been the continued recognition of aspects of the Julian variation long after the introduction of Read More …
Boreray, in the Sound of Harris, is not to be confused with its namesake in the St Kilda Group. The 1841 Census indicated some 181 people living on the island about two miles to the west of Berneray. By the end of the 19th Century there were still a hundred people surviving there, but 90 Read More …
There is a certain romance about staying at a Gatliff hostel, but the basic matter of food supplies needs consideration. Howmore lost its village store and so the Co-operative outlets at Daliburgh, South Uist, and Creagorry, Benbecula, are the nearest suppliers. Berneray has the luxury of a local shop relatively close to the Read More …