Isles at the Edge of the Sea

Rising off the western seaboard of mainland Scotland are hundreds of islands, hidden worlds. Beginning on Arran, Jonny Muir sets out to explore these places with a single ambition: to reach the faraway St Kilda archipelago, the islands at the edge of the world. On the way he attempts to finds his inner peace on Holy Island, takes part in a punishing foot race across the misty mountains of Jura, confronts the Inaccessible Pinnacle on Skye and walks along the white-sand beach on Berneray that became the face of a Thailand tourism campaign. Island life is not without its challenges. Man-eating midges live up to their reputation on Rum and a furious Atlantic storm threatens to rip his tent to shreds on Barra with him inside. An intensely personal account of a journey through some of Britain s most extraordinary landscapes, Isles at the Edge of the Sea is a celebration of Scotland s west coast islands, from the people who inhabit these fragile places to their ever-changing vistas.