Fishing boat homeward bound to Ullapool, Loch Broom via the Summer Isles. Wester Ross. Scotland. XPL 4801-450
The Summer Isles are an archipelago lying in the mouth of Loch Broom, in the Highland region of Scotland. They are part of a National Scenic Area. The only inhabited isle is Tanera Mòr, also the largest of the islands. It is home to a salmon farm, a café and a post office, which has operated its own local post and printed its own stamps since 1970. The island has no roads and the only recognisable path goes around the Anchorage, the sheltered bay on the east side of the island. Boats sail to the island from Achiltibuie. Tanera Mòr, was the location for Frank Fraser Darling's book Island Years (published 1940), which describes experiences living on a remote island. The pagan-cult island of Summerisle featured in the motion picture The Wicker Man (filmed 1973) is thought by some film critics to be set in this Summer Isles feature in a novella of the same name by Ian R. MacLeod The Summer Isles lie just off mainland Achiltibuie. Tanera Beag and many more. Each island and rock with its own ancient Gaelic name, each one different in its own special way. With stories and myths spanning the centuries surrounding them
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Location: Loch Broom, Achiltibuie, Wester Ross. Highland Region. Scotland. United Kingdom.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
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