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On this date in 1832, Felix Mendelssohn's Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) premièred. 10 things you might not know about it.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/05/14-may-hebrides-fingals-cave.html

#Mendelssohn #FingalsCave #Hebrides #ClassicalMusic #Music

14 May: Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)

On this date in 1832, Felix Mendelssohn 's Hebrides premièred. 10 things you might not know about it. This work is now popularly ...

Topical Tens

Bob the Traveler 1d ago

Scottish nobleman Fergus of Galloway, who died OTD in 1161, forged an alliance with Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/uk/scotland-isle-of-iona/?s=mb #travel #Scotland #Hebrides #history

The Isle of Iona — Starting in Oban

Taking a ferry from Oban to Iona, in the Inner Hebrides where many kings of Scotland are buried.

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Steam & Epic Games | Daily May 4

🎲 RANDOM GAME, Dear Esther: Landmark Edition (Steam) https://store.steampowered.com/app/520720

Survive a crash on a deserted island. A voice reads fragments of a letter. Explore the haunting Hebrides landscape. Pure narrative experience with no traditional gameplay. Themes of love, loss, guilt, redemption.

• Randomized audio, visuals, and events for unique playthroughs
• Environments reveal a mysterious past
• Poetic...

#SteamAndEpic #Environments #Randomized #Soundtrack #Landmark #Hebrides

weit_im_westen May 3

#scotland #hebrides #hiking #landscapephotography #silentsunday

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Assoc for Scottish Literature Apr 22

“An outflung peninsula on an abandoned island whose birds are in crisis and whose people are long gone, ‘Fianuis’ means ‘testimony’, or ‘witness’.”

—Kathleen Jamie, “Island at the edge of the world”

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/aug/26/featuresreviews.guardianreview4

#Scottish #literature #EarthDay #EarthDay2026 #environment #environmentalism #Rona #Hebrides

Island at the edge of the world

Abandoned more than 150 years ago, the tiny isle of Rona now only echoes to the siren songs of salt-winds and sea-birds. In this bleak place, the acclaimed Scottish poet Kathleen Jamie found not just abundant wildlife and beauty, but alarming signs of environmental crisis in the north Atlantic.

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weit_im_westen Apr 19

#hiking on #lewisandharris

#outerhebrides #hebrides #scotland #landscapephotography #photography #photo #mastoart #seascape #silentsunday

John Dal Apr 4

A follow-on from my post yesterday on Mingulay, here are some of the literally awesome climbing bits. It is very scary setting off on a 100 metre abseil down a sea cliff, hoping the rope is at the correct bit and won't just leave you dangling in the air above the waves. In the crop you can see the abseil ropes, and quite a few teams climbing. #Climbing #Seacliff #Mingulay #Hebrides #Scotland

John Dal Apr 2

Mingulay bay and ruined village, a beautiful spot. I had a week camping on this island, which has no services at all - no electricity, phones, toilets (hole in the ground). Water from the stream, which doubles as a fridge. A small fishing-boat gets you there and back. Wildlife abounds and the few people there are temporary, a couple of NT wardens and climbers (it has some of the best sea cliff climbing in the UK). #Mingulay #Scotland #Hebrides #Landscape #Beach #Ruin