It took me five years to find a ship bound for the remotest inhabited island on earth and to live my dream.

The name Quiraing comes from the Old Norse phrase Kví Rand, which means Round Fold.

These photographs of the south-western Highlands were taken on my way to a regular winter house sit in the Isle of Skye.

It was 5am when I sat bolt upright in bed, prodded Dave’s cheek and declared, “I’m going to walk the Highlands!”

Nothing could have prepared us for the variety of icebergs that we were to see off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsular.

The Scottish Highlands. It’s the only place on Earth that pulls me like a magnet and where I will eventually call home.

I've always wanted to be an epic adventurer. Imagine my disappointment, then, to find out that I’m unquestionably crap at it.

After a couple of hours and a couple of gins, my companion decided that I was worthy of some sort of conversation. Just.

Whilst trespassing on farmland (training to walk 1000 miles solo round Iceland) I had an unexpected connection with the farmer.

Most newborn life had already headed north for the winter so only a few of the hardiest species remained.