-- About Lonely-Isles --

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 to the vast amount of information that exists out there on the web. Our aim is to make you aware of what information is out there in the form of books, web sites, dvd's etc. The information sources we recommend will contain much more detail on all of the islands featured. Having pointed you in the right direction our job is done.

That's not to say Lonely-Isles is simply a gateway...we also hope to display as many photo's as we can find. In time we hope to take many of our own and they will certainly feature on the site. 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 Smiths 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 on-line 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.

Thanks for visiting Lonely-Isles.

Paul Clements & Deena Mobbs.

paul@lonely-isles.com
deena@lonely-isles.com