|
|
|
St Kilda
St Kilda image copyright
Colin Palmer stock photo library (purchase prints and posters online)
 
Photos courtesy of Ken Melton
|
|
St Kilda, Outer Hebrides
Known as the islands at the edge of the world.
Approximately 55 miles west of Harris.
The archipelago comprises the sea stacks Stac Lee and Stac an Armin
and the islands of Hirta, Dun, Soay & Boreray.
Inhabited for centuries, then evacuated in 1930.
Designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site
for both its natural and cultural significance.
Now owned by the National Trust for Scotland.
Famous for its remoteness and sea bird colonies.
The name is probably a corruption of the Norse designation 'Skildir'
(there never was a Saint Kilda or St. Kilda).
|
Photos copyright The Internet Guide to Scotland 2008
INFORMATION
Boat Trips to St Kilda (weather permitting):
- Kilda Cruises - day trips from the isle of Harris. Angus Campbell will take you from Leverburgh for the day (weather permitting). Advance booking essential.
- Sea Harris - daily trips from the Isle of Harris to St Kilda.
Seumas Morrison will take you across for the day (weather permitting). Advance booking essential.
- Seatrek - boat trips from Lewis
- Island Cruising - based on the isle of Lewis.
- Sea kayak trips with Adventure Hebrides from Lewis.
- Uist Outdoor Centre in North Uist provides the fastest sea transport service to St Kilda (1.5 hours by RIB). They can take you sea kayaking and scuba diving around the islands.
- Hebridean Princess - luxury cruise ship, sailing from Oban - usually has two 1-week cruises in June each year which include a visit to St Kilda.
- New Horizon Sailing - holidays from Tobermory visiting the St Kilda & Hebrides
- Noble Caledonia - variety of vessels with a choice of 7 or 10 day cruises around the islands including a visit to St Kilda
- Northern Light sails from Oban.
- National Trust for Scotland - annual cruise around Scotland usually includes St Kilda
- Ardnamurchan Charters.
- Brightwater Holidays - coach trips around the Hebrides which can include a day trip to St Kilda
- Wilderness Scotland
- combined sailing/walking holidays around the Hebrides
|
BOOKS
 |
Photographer Monica Weller
sells high quality b/w
posters & postcards
of her St Kilda photos
and Hebridean snapshots.
Plus a book (described below)
|
 |
Voyage to St Kilda by photographer Monica Weller.
This 72-page paperback book contains 70 b/w photos chronicling the author's long-awaited journey by boat from Harris to the wildest of the Western Isles, St Kilda, in August 1997.
To quote John-Murdo Morrison of Harris: 'This book provides another dimension to the epic story of the The Islands on the Edge. To travel with Monica Weller in poem, prose and photography is a moving and exhilarating experience. The photographs indicate a perceptive eye and add tremendously to the drama and dignity of Hirta, inspiring the reader to an inexplicable feeling of awe and appreciation of these Jewels of the Western Ocean.'
I personally found Monica's words to be a close echo my own feelings for the Hebrides. She portrays their magnetism very well. If you have already experienced the isles, you will understand completely, if you have never yet been, you will want to go!
The book is available from the author for 7.99 UK pounds plus 85 pence postage within the UK. For international orders the cost is 7.99 pounds plus 2 pounds postage. To order your copy, please send a UK cheque or international money order to:
Monica Weller A.R.P.S., 1 Durleston Park Drive, Bookham, Surrey KT23 4AJ, England.
Bill Lawson Publications, based on Harris, specialises in the Western Isles and has books about St Kilda and other Hebridean islands for sale online.
Based on Lewis, Wordcatcher Publications produce books and greetings cards including 'Poetic Tales from St. Kilda'.
Click here for more books about the Hebrides....
and also Scottish books...
Buy this Photographic Print at AllPosters.com
The Internet Guide to Scotland
contains information about many other Hebridean islands such as:
Harris - Lewis -
Great Bernera -
Uist - Barra
|
