Inhabited, west coast Scottish Islands - Luing
Continuing north from Dana, the next inhabited, west coast island is Luing (pronounced Ling - although the Gaelic pronunciation might be slightly different from that, but this appears to be, at least, how it should be said in English). Luing is the southern most of the Slate Islands - and it also seems to be the largest by area, being slightly larger than Seil to the north (although Seil’s populations would appear to be more than double that of Luing). These islands are known as the Slate Islands because slate had once been quarried, in large quantities, on most of the islands in the group. Although there are about half a dozen Slate Islands, only Luing, Easdale and Seil remain permanently inhabited. To get to Luing, unless you have your own boat or helicopter, you first have to travel through the island of Seil to the north and get the ferry from North Cuan on Seil over to South Cuan on Luing. I could, therefore, have described Seil first - but I had decided to cover the islands from