Lewis...

The guy I saw playing music in the Argyll Hotel, Ullapool, a couple of nights ago, turned out to be Martin Stephenson, who’s been in the music business - without ever troubling the charts - for about 30 years. I’ll make sure to revisit his music, solo and with his band, the Daintees. He was such an appealing character, almost impossibly easy-going… 

Took the morning ferry from Ullapool to Stornoway; it took nearly three hours…

Stac Pollaidh , near Ullerpool...