scotlandtravel – Lucette Wood

Travel data to and from the UK

The number of travellers to and from the UK over Spring has not returned to pre-covid figures.

The Office of national statistics (ONS) released the provisional results of overseas travel and tourism to and from the UK between April and June 2022

Isle of Staffa

Seals nonchalantly eye the boat, as we pass by in the sound of Iona, as they laze on an open jut of rock. The boat quickly cruises away from Mull, away from the seals, away from Iona and into the Atlantic Ocean. Once ocean-bound, a school of bottle-nose dolphins, catching waves. When first approaching theContinue reading “Isle of Staffa”

Isle of Iona

After an arduous journey, when you finally eye the sugar-white sands and teal glassed water of Iona, you would be forgiven to think that you were somewhere far more exotic than within the Paisley postcode. It’s neither quick nor easy to get to Iona: an island, off an Island, off an Island. Iona is aContinue reading “Isle of Iona”