Experiences

Ten private days.

The things we arrange that are hard to arrange yourself: boats, warehouses, weavers, archaeologists and rivers.

Illustration: no verified photograph of St Kilda yet

Outer Hebrides

St Kilda by private charter

A day boat to Hirta, the abandoned village and the highest sea cliffs in Britain.

Golden dune grass and shell sand on Harris, with a sea loch and bare hills behind
Isle of Harris

Lewis and Harris

The Harris Tweed loom

An hour in a home weaver’s shed, and the law that protects the cloth.

Lagavulin distillery's white warehouses on the shore of Islay at dusk, seen across the bay
Lagavulin, Isle of Islay

Islay and Jura

An Islay warehouse tasting

Time in a bonded warehouse with a cask and someone who knows it.

Illustration: no verified photograph of the Caledonian Sleeper yet

London to the Highlands

The Caledonian Sleeper north

The overnight train from Euston to Inverness, Fort William or Aberdeen.

Two puffins at a burrow entrance on a Shetland cliff ledge
Sumburgh, Shetland

Shetland

Shetland in the simmer dim

Seabird cliffs at Hermaness and Noss, and nights that never get dark.

The River Isla running over stones in Glen Isla, with hills at the head of the glen
River Isla, Glen Isla

The Highlands

A ghillie on the river

Salmon or sea-trout fishing on a private beat with a ghillie.

Loch Muick in autumn, birches turning gold under low cloud
Loch Muick, Deeside

The Highlands and islands

An exclusive-use estate

A whole Highland or island estate house for a family or a group of friends.

A white-tailed eagle flying low over the water off Portree, Skye
Off Portree, Isle of Skye

Mull and Skye

Sea eagles and sea lochs

A private RIB on Mull, Loch Sunart or off Portree for white-tailed eagles and otters.

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Many trips start with a single thing: a boat to St Kilda, a week on a river. Tell us yours.

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