The fragile islands: A journey through the Outer Hebrides

'Bettina Selby writes as well as she travels; simply, humorously, perceptively.' - Dervla Murphy, GOOD BOOK GUIDE 1984. Bettina Selby, traveller and explorer, recounts a long summer spent re-visiting the far-flung islands of the Outer Hebrides. With an 'all-terrain' bicycle and a small tent, she set out on a leisurely tour, following forgotten tracks and byways into remote deserted corners. Camping amid spectacular island scenery, teeming with bird life, Bettina Selby found that neither wild weather nor midges, nor even an ankle in plaster, could dampen her enthusiasm for this fascinating, threatened habitat.