ST KILDA BEACH

Still haven't quite got over how amazing that day on St Kilda was! St Kilda lies around 40 miles west of the other Outer Hebrides and the main island Hirta was inhabited for millenia, the locals developing a unique way of life. They did keep sheep and grew some crops, but they mostly lived on eggs and seabirds. Often that was gannets or fulmars but yes, it also included puffins... They would clamber down these cliffs, the highest in Scotland at 400 metres, or row out to the soaring sea stacks an

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