Coll

Every island has its own character and Coll’s is Outer Hebridean even though it is firmly part of the Inner Hebrides; similar forbidding and grim eastern coastline, and similar delightful beaches on the western coastline. About a third of the houses on Coll are holiday or second homes these days, so most of the locals appear to be English (no harm in that, it just seems a bit odd in the outermost of the Inner Hebrides). And in 2008 a commercial air service to Col was launched from Oban airport of all places – we will see how long it lasts. It is probably best known outside Scotland as the home of Project Trust and inside Scotland as the home of Mairi Hederwick who wrote the Katie Morag children stories. The anchorages, clockwise from Arinagour are:

Arinagour

Loch Breacachadh

Eilean Mor

Sorisdale Bay