Neil and I had the privilege to get to travel to St. Kilda while we were in Scotland. This archipelago is the most remote part of the British Isles. We took a three hour boat trip, leaving from Leverburgh, on the island of Harris. As you can see, it's a tiny island way out in the Atlantic. Nobody lives there, although there are conservationists that stay out there for a few weeks at a time working to preserve the island and maybe to do some research. People used to live there until the 1930's, when they people were evacuated and brought to live on the mainland. Apparently there have been people living on the main island, Hirta, since prehistoric times. It seems crazy for anyone to have found this place and then also to decide to live on the tiny island. You can walk from one end of the island to the other in a couple hours.
This is the earth house which dates back from about 2,000 years ago.
This is the earth house which dates back from about 2,000 years ago.
The village
To the right is a cleit, where they used to store food.
When you get to the top of the hill there is a 750 ft sheer drop to the ocean-yikes.
The birds!
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