title: The Scottish Islands: The Bestselling Guide to Every Scottish Island
author:  Hamish Haswell-Smith 
description: This impressive tome is the first comprehensive guide to every single island and it's an eye-opener. (<i>Glasgow Evening News</i>)<br /><br />Stunning. (<i>Scottish Field</i>)<br /><br />The definitive guide to Scottish island-hopping. (<i>Sunday Telegraph</i>)<br /><br />The best book for tootling around skerries and sea-stacks . . . this has it all. (<i>Scotsman</i>)<br /><br />With support from excellent, attractive, informative maps and delightful sketches by the author . . . The book's wide appeal extends to the armchair traveller who will get the feel and breathe the air of these jewels scattered around the coast of Scotland. The author is to be congratulated on compiling so much in a readable way, and the publishers on a delightful production. (<i>Yorkshire Gazette and Herald</i>)<br /><br />As a reference source Haswell-Smith's book is invaluable . . . a monumental labour of love that communicates the author's own passion for island hopping and combines it delightfully with his further talents as a painter and artist. (<i>Daily Telegraph</i>)<br /><br />The island-hopping bible. (<i>Big Issue in Scotland</i>)
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  # The Caledonians
  
  
    1. [About The Author](../Text/ch001.xhtml#about-the-author)
  
  
  * [Dedication](../Text/ch002.xhtml#dedication)
  
  
  * [Copyright Information ©](../Text/ch003.xhtml#copyright-information)
  
  
  * [Acknowledgement](../Text/ch004.xhtml#acknowledgement)
  
  
  * [Chapter 1](../Text/ch005.xhtml#chapter-1)
  
  
  * [Chapter 2](../Text/ch006.xhtml#chapter-2)
  
  
  * [Chapter 3](../Text/ch007.xhtml#chapter-3)
  
  
  * [Chapter 4](../Text/ch008.xhtml#chapter-4)
  
  
  * [Chapter 5](../Text/ch009.xhtml#chapter-5)
  
  
  * [Chapter 6](../Text/ch010.xhtml#chapter-6)
  
  
  * [Chapter 7](../Text/ch011.xhtml#chapter-7)
  
  
  * [Chapter 8](../Text/ch012.xhtml#chapter-8)
  
  
  * [Chapter 9](../Text/ch013.xhtml#chapter-9)
  
  
  * [Chapter 10](../Text/ch014.xhtml#chapter-10)
  
  
  * [Chapter 11](../Text/ch015.xhtml#chapter-11)
  
  
  * [Chapter 12](../Text/ch016.xhtml#chapter-12)
  
  
  * [Chapter 13](../Text/ch017.xhtml#chapter-13)
  
  
  * [Chapter 14](../Text/ch018.xhtml#chapter-14)
  
  
  * [Chapter 15](../Text/ch019.xhtml#chapter-15)
  
  
  * [Chapter 16](