Inhabited, west coast Scottish islands - Rona
Next on my bucket list tour of inhabited, coastal and inner Hebridean islands is Rona. It is often known as South Rona to avoid confusion with another, but uninhabited, Rona which lies roughly 44 miles to the north of the Butt of Lewis. This Rona lies immediately to the north of Raasay and is basically a continuation of the larger island (if only the linking ridge hadn’t dropped below sea level). Rona is small, about 5 miles long and, at most, a mile wide (or about 3.6 sq miles in area) with Meall na h-Acarsaid, at highest elevation, being only just over 400 feet. From what I've read Rona is very rocky and rough with little land that can be cultivated, but my visit was so brief, and confined to the area around it’s jetty, that I’m unable to say one way or the other with any personal knowledge. There is no easy way to get to Rona apart from renting a holiday cottage and getting taken across by boat from Portree on Skye (unless, of course and once again, you have your own ...