But this night was clear, and stars and meteors wheeled spectacularly overhead as the Milky Way drew a glistening smudge above the brooding mountains, Askival and Hallival. Venus, Saturn and ...

I found myself getting oddly competitive about it, pointing out to Coinneach that Askival seemed steeper, the landscape outside our front door wilder, and Rum’s beauty more dramatic. Whether or ...

RUM, a diamond-shaped island off the western coast of Scotland, is home to 40 people. Most of the island – 100 sq km of ...