The shortest ferry ride to the island nobody's heard of: is this Scotland's best kept secret?
It might be a slight exaggeration to say that nobody has heard of the island of Luing.
There’s the 200 or so people who live there, of course.
However, I wonder if those who holiday to this Inner Hebridean destination, might have been gatekeeping, so they can keep paradise all to themselves
It might be a slight exaggeration to say that nobody has heard of the island of Luing.
There’s the 200 or so people who live there, of course.
However, I wonder if those who holiday to this Inner Hebridean destination, might have been gatekeeping, so they can keep paradise all to themselves
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00:00Hi, I'm Gabby Souter, Lifestyle Editor at The Scotsman.
00:04I'm at Wild Ling, a new self-catering retreat on the tiny Isle of Ling.
00:08Ling is located just off the west coast near Oban.
00:11It's only six miles long, has a population of around 200
00:15and I think it's one of Scotland's best kept secrets.
00:30This is the view you'll get if you stay in one of the suites at Wild Ling.
00:43You might even see sea otters and seals outside your window.
00:47The island is one of the three slate islands
00:50and it's also notable for the Ling cattle that you'll see if you wander around the island.
00:55The chestnut-coloured, very good-looking breed of cow
00:58that were developed in 1947 by the Kadzo family.