Helpful Links
Eating on the West Side
Garenin Blackhouse Village Café
Callanish Visitor Centre
Cross Inn, Ness, Isle of Lewis
Sports Facilities
Ionad Spòrs Leodhas – Lewis Sports Centre, run by the local council.
Shawbost School Swimming Pool – Local Community swimming pool.
Spòrsnis – Sport Centre with 10 Pin Bowling alley in Ness.
Angling
Fish Hebrides – a general and very helpful website on fishing in the Western Isles.
Carloway Angling Club – for salmon and sea-trout permits in their association waters.
Fideach Angling Club – Cockle Ebb, by Laxdale and Stornoway, confluence of the Blackwater and Laxdale Rivers.
Gress Angling Association – a fine river adjoining the beautiful beach, north of Back on the Broad Bay coast.
Stornoway Angling Association – River Creed
Excellent fishing-tackle, bait, permits and advice can be had from GoFish & No.10 Retail Warehouse in Stornoway.
Historic Sites
Explore Scotland – a quick online guide to the classic monuments.
Surfing
Surf Lewis – coaching and equipment-hire.
Magic Seaweed – latest local reports and forecast, as well as a quick guide to the best local beaches for the sport.
Wild Swimming
Immerse Hebrides – Wild swimming in the western isles.
Horse Riding
Traigh Mhòr Pony Trekking – North Tolsta, Isle of Lewis.
Wildlife and Bird-watching
Western Isles Wildlife – an excellent and informative general website.
Hebridean Birds – a guide to common – or less common – Hebridean birds.
Bird Sightings – latest sightings reported here; and news of local ornithological events.
Camper Hire
Hebridean Campers – Camper van rental, Isle of Lewis.
wildislescamperhire.co.uk – Camper Hire located in the Berneray, North Uist.
httpss://www.goboony.co.uk – Motorhome Hire – a motorhome sharing platform with over 2000 vans across the UK and Europe.