All day the breeze held in the same point, and rather freshened than died down; and towards afternoon, a swell began to set in from round the outer Hebrides.

He adds that the crossing to Thule starts at the island of Berrice, "the largest of all", which may be Lewis in the outer Hebrides.

If Berrice was in the outer Hebrides, the crossing would have brought Pytheas to the vicinity of Trondheim, Norway, explaining how he managed to miss the Skagerrak.

These styles also include the inner and outer Hebrides and Argyllshire.

Upon retiring to Britain, he purchased the Isle of Lewis, in the outer Hebrides, and acquired other vast estates in Scotland.

He awakened at 0800, ate a sandwich, drank more mineral water, and slipped out of the house into the chill of a March morning in the outer Hebrides.

Less than an hour away Ben would enter the central seaway through the islands that form the outer Hebrides.

Ten R A F crewmen were killed yesterday when one of the Shackleton's crashed into a hillside in the outer Hebrides.

The relay will start on 19 May at Land's End and travel as far as the outer Hebrides, with an average of 110 people a day carrying the torch.

In the outer Hebrides, of course, you'd be more cautious.