A Hebridean Odyssey: Part 6 - North Uist, Grimsay, Baleshare and Fraoch-Eilean

This video is the sixth in a series that documents a trip taken in May 2022, in which we visited 16 of the Hebridean islands.
This episode is a video diary of places visited, scenery seen and roads driven on the islands of North Uist, including Grimsay, Baleshare and Fraoch-Eilean in the Western Isles. North Uist is characterised by its 'drowned landscape’ of peat bogs and lochans, its flowery machair and its string of expansive beautiful beaches. Just four miles long and two miles wide (with a circular main road), Grimsay is connected to neighbouring North Uist and Benbecula by the North Ford Causeway. Baleshare is a flat tidal island and lies to the south-west of North Uist, joined by a causeway. Baleshare is only 12 metres (39 feet) above sea level and known for its long sandy beach. It has a population of 49 living in two settlements.Fraoch-Eilean is a small island, connected to Grimsay by a causeway and is only about 55 hectares in extent. Its name derives from the Gaelic for "heather island".

Music:
1. Chris Zabriskie Prelude No 21
2. William Jackson Mist Covered Mountains from Celtic Tranqulity
3. Donald Shaw Whittamore Road from Hebrides: Islands on the Edge
4. Sam Dickens Grimsay from The Soul of the Western Isles
5. Christie Cook Si Beag Si Mor from Dia Maith: Celtic Hymns & Tunes
6. William Jackson A Fisherman's Song for Attracting Seals from Notes from a Hebridean Island
7. Ceol Sona Maighdeanan Na Hairidh from Music from the Harp & Violin
8. William Jackson The Lark in the Clean Air from Celtic Tranquility
9. Sam Dickens North Uist from The Soul of the Western Isles
10. Jess Gallagher Thin Places
11. Duncan Chisholm Farewell to Uist from Farrar
12. Kevin MacLeod Long Road Ahead