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http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/areawestnorth/self.html

The above should give you most information that you need, however as has already been said most people on the islands are generally OK about camping on their land as long as you look after the place.

But please remember that the machair ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machair ) is all ecologically precious and you should never camp on it and also take care not to disturb when out walking etc'

Wrap up warm ... even in the summer it can be a wee bit chilly!

;-)

Excellent, Thankyou all very much!

I must admit i was getting a bit depressed about having to PLAN it all, what with having kids and being so far away from anything i know i like to know that we're gonna have somewhere to stay. But now I feel much better.

Thanks again.

Pix xx

A wee bit chilly?!? Loie and I were on Harris a couple years ago, the last week of May or first of June. The bitter wind whipping up the estuary and raking the cove below the McLeod Stone almost blew us prostrate. Beautiful place, though.