Hello, My name is Mathilde. Since settling on the Isle of Lewis in 2019 I immediately fell in love with the Outer Hebrides archipelago. I have discovered its traditions, culture, identity and history with fascination. Since 2022 I am more than happy to speak with …
Ian Minty is a retired lecturer at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) who has lived in Lewis since 1983. Ian offers guided walking tours of Stornoway, normally around 2-3 hours, that take an informal look at the Stornoway’s history, events that have shaped the …
My name is Paul Donnelly and I have lived on the Isle of Vatersay for almost thirty years teaching Biology/Science at Castlebay Community School. I have a BSc in Agricultural Botany from Glasgow University and a PhD in Plant Ecology from Sheffield University. I am …
The Scottish Tourist Guides Association assessors came to Stornoway to assess nine guides for Green Badge Accreditation. The ‘Western Isles Green Badge’ is a NEW regional tourist guide qualification. The guides pictured by the ferry terminal were captured by Brian and Sergio representing STGA.
The Lews Castle and fishing nets frame this moment captured by Magz Macleod of Impact Imagz on a beautiful autumn afternoon. Outer Hebrides Tourist Guides training hard for next year’s busy season posed for a moment on the Stornoway Town Walk information session.
Very experienced tour guide, working mainly with cruise ship passengers, but also with coach tours, across the islands of Lewis and Harris. Born and raised in Ness in the north of the Isle of Lewis, I am a native Gaelic speaker, and have lived and …
Hi I’m Ian McHardy and I am a professional Archaeologist. I have worked in mainland Scotland, Ireland, Africa and and Aotearoa/ New Zealand as well as here in Lewis since 2000. During this time I have been involved in many interesting and diverse projects; including …
My name is Janis Brand and I am a Green Badge Guide, guiding on the Isle of Lewis since 2015. I worked as a high school teacher of French and Spanish in Stornoway for 24 years after teaching English in Peru for seven years. At …
My family background is from Callanish and Dun Carloway, both sides being Macleans. In respect of Callanish, this goes back some three hundred years with many cousins still in Callanish. When Callanish village was moved and the Druidical stones cleared of peat, my Great Great …
I have been involved in ethnological research and work in the island for some fifty years, leading to many restorations of the traditional buildings, Blackhouses, Bothan (Beehive houses), Norse Mills, and the Iron Age House at Bosta. Also, I was involved at an early stage …
