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.
There are, at this time of year, the inevitable signs for hotels and restaurants inviting us to book ahead for the festive season. These invitations do not apply to the Gatliff hostels where, although visitors for Christmas and the New Year are always welcome and evident, there is no booking system to ensure a stay. Read More …
From Barra to Berneray is the result of 13 years of archaeological research on 12 islands, all but two of them now uninhabited, at the southern end of the Hebridean chain. A team has recorded almost 2000 sites and monuments. Their pre-history has been illuminated by carefully-selected excavations on sites of all periods and types. It Read More …
If, as suggested in a previous item, there were an airfield, albeit redundant, on Berneray then this photograph and the aerial image here would be part of the navigation guides. One aspect of the attractiveness of the island is how circumspect it is. Another relates, of course, to the causeway which may have diminished Berneray’s Read More …