Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands

Murton's first journey takes him to the largest island in Britain: the long island of Harris and Lewis.

Thirty miles from mainland Scotland, there's a chain of low-lying islands that face the full might of the Atlantic Ocean: the Uists and Benbecula.

Among the islands of the Hebrides there's one that can rightly claim to have a separate identity; Islay which was once the capital of the ancient Lordship of the Isles.

For this grand tour Paul's journey begins at Loch Hourn on the mainland, takes him over the sea to the to Skye, then heads to the tiny island of Soay before ending on Canna.

On the west coast of Scotland are a group of islands that are so remote they almost seem to have been forgotten by the rest of the world and are populated by just a few hardy souls.

For this final grand tour Paul is heading as far north as you can go in Britain, to the islands of Fetlar, Unst and Yell.