first stop Craignure Pier, Mull - 

Cal Mac ferry "Columba"

leaving Craignure and the "Columba"

(now "Hebridean Princess") behind

skipper Alastair Gibson with 

unknown female passenger

looking out for birds perhaps -

we think this might be George

the "Glen Carradale" approaches

the archipelago

the "Glen Carradale" arriving 

in Village Bay

passengers disembarking

assisted by army personnel

first impressions of Hirta: 

the officer's mess

the feather store in village bay before

restoration by NTS volunteers

the old factor's house (left)

and church / school (right

"high street" in the village - looking 

surprisingly similar to today

looking down to the village 

and Village Bay

looking to Boreray and the

stacs from Hirta

Soay from The Cambir 

on Hirta

this 1965 zebra crossing on the road 

on Hirta is no longer there

the 1965 version of the

active radar station on Hirta

the "Glen Carradale"

near Boreray

passengers aboard "Glen Carradale"

off Boreray

Boreray (left), Stac Lee 

(centre) and Stac an Armin (right)

passengers viewing Stac Lee - safety 

rails not so robust in those days

viewing Stac Lee and 

Stac an Armin

the top of Stac an Armin 

with lots of gannets

a familiar sight then as it is today - 

gannets whirling overhead

the "Glen Carradale" leaves St Kilda - 

note "safety bucket" and life rings