 Out and About in South Uist (and Eriskay) - a brief overview
> Askernish Golf Course: Recently re-discovered and restored ‘Old Tom Morris’ links course, now attracting world-wide interest. Café in summer.
> West coast - dazzling white shell-sand beaches stretching for miles, machair flowers and wildlife, bird-watching, cycling or walking the quiet grassy lanes; family picnics on the machair or amongst the dunes, the unique character of crofting townships, as at Dalabrog / An Leth Meadhanach / Cille Pheadair (Daliburgh / N Boisdale / Kilphedar), and similarly Iochdar / Carnan, and indeed elsewhere ...
> East coast: Beinn Mhor, Hecla and numerous neighbouring and outlying mountains and glens - spectacular hill-walking and wildlife in this wilderness area. Woodland walks, spectacular scenery and deserted villages at North Loch Eynort.
> Tobha Mòr (Howmore): Small shop / post office, garage and filling station, historic churches, thatched houses (including the youth hostel), stunning scenery, Hill-walking - Beinn Mhor, Hecla, Glen Corrodale ....
 > Isle of Eriskay: Small shop and post office, Am Politician bar and restaurant, fishing, shellfish, beaches, hill-walks, sailing or kayaking, ferry to Barra, abundant wildlife ...
> Wildlife sites and walks: Guided wildlife tours with local expert Steve Duffield - highly recommended by previous guests; Loch Druidibeg - a huge National Nature Reserve in spectacular surroundings. Many very rare species are relatively plentiful here - including eagles, otters, greylag geese, corncrakes (heard many places in May-June especially at night, but very rarely seen!), basking sharks
> Iron-Age Archaeology: The Outer Hebrides is especially rich in Iron Age sites, though few have been properly investigated and fewer still made available to the public. Accessible sites in South Uist include remains of brochs, duns (eg Dùn na Cille, between the B888 and Cille Pheadair), crannogs, wheel-houses, and most impressive of all the chambered cairns, including Loch a’ Bharp, a north of the Daliburgh-Lochboisdale road.
> Bonnie Prince Charlie: Princes Beach, Eriksay, where Charles Edward Stuart first set foot on Scottish soil; Cille Bhrìghde (West Kilbride - at the old walled garden) where he tried to recruit MacDonald of Boisdale to his cause - MacDonald told him to go back to France; Uabh na Phrionnsa (Cave of the Prince) where the Prince hid from government forces; Milton, birthplace of Flora MacDonald - heroine of the song Over the Sea to Skye - who helped the Prince escape.
> Game fishing: Some of the best salmon and trout fishing anywhere in the world, from machair lochs and rivers from Stòras Uibhist office in Bornish (01878 700101); for mountain lochs from Stòras Uibhist or other local outlets ^  Fresh local food
> The Big Garden at Cille Bhrìghde (West Kilbride) south of Dalabrog (Daliburgh:
Free-range eggs, fresh garden produce and preserves, also teas and coffees
> Freshly caught shellfish direct from the fishermen: Kilbride Shellfish, Ludag 01878 700342;
> Smoked fish: Salar Smoked Salmon, Carnan - 01870 610324;
> Collecting shell-fish yourself (only in a month with an R in it - eg January, but not June): Razor clams in the Sound of Barra; Cockles at Glendale or the South Ford (between S Uist and Benbecula); Mussels - most places ... ^ Eating Out> Historic Pollachar Inn (food highly recommended) at Poll a Charra
> Renown Orasay Inn (hotel and restaurant) at Loch Carnan. ^  Arts and Crafts
> Aisgernis (Askernish): Bill Neil, wildlife artist - Studio gallery.
> Kildonan: Kildonan Centre: Uist Craft Producer’s shop; also museum and cafe
> Staoinebrig/Stoneybridge: Uist Crafts Workshop
> Iochdar: Hebridean Jewellery
> Cille Bhrìghde (West Kilbride) - An Gàrradh Mòr (The Big Garden): Denise Bridge’ hand-spun wool yarns from black Hebridean sheep , other local sheep and other fibres, hand-knitted and hand-woven garments, spinning workshops. Also complimentary work by Becky Bridge. ^  Events and Entertainment
> Ceilidhs, dances and other events at Daliburgh, Kilpheder, Lochboisdale, Stoneybridge, especially from October to Easter. Just ask around!
> St Peter’s Traditional Dance Club - Saturday 8pm-10pm, late October to Easter - and perhaps beyond. All made very welcome. Contact Lena MacLellan 01878 700253 lenairis@supanet.com
> Ceolas - Summer School (1st week of July) of Gaelic language, music, dance, held in Daliburgh and area first week of July
 > Feis Tir a Mhurrain, Kildonan / Iochdair
Gaelic language summer school for young people, held mid July
> Screen Machine 2 - RBS / HiArts mobile cinema, regularly stops at Daliburgh (also Creagory Benbecula and Castlebay Barra) with latest films. ^ Religious Sites> Roman Catholic churches at Eriskay, Daliburgh, Bornish, Iochdar; Church of Scotland churches at Daliburgh, Howmore; Free Church of Scotland church at Lochboisdale,
> Howmore - Mediaeval chapels and college (ruins); rare 19th century Church of Scotland church with central communion table
> Iochdar, West Gernish, Kilpheder, Carnan, Eriskay and elsewhere - Roadside shrines - unique in Britain
> West Gerinish - Our Lady of the Isles, Madonna and Child sculpture by Huw Lorimer, watching over the islands since the height of the Cold War in the late 1950s; Roadside shrines ^ | 
