Mick, really good questions!
Canna really needs a single point of reference but as far as I know it doesn't have one. There is the
Primary School Website and
Tighard Guest House Website, but these don't mention the cottages available through the Scottish National Trust or the superb rough camping facilities. I'd be happy to let the island use my images for the good of the island, but as far as I can work out there is no-one with oversight to join all the bits together. As for the Scottish National Trust; I've kind of been put off that approach given the numerous recent threads regarding images and the English National Trust - I'd love someone to tell me I'm wrong!
It may seem slightly daunting to come here to Canna without your car, no shop and no phone. But actually this place is one of the few truly wild places you can still get to by public transport. The Tighard link contains lots of useful information about the logistics, just bear in mind there are other options than the guest house.......... The Tighard gallery and a lot of the words are mine; I got trapped here last year by a major storm and swapped creating their website for food and booze; they got a good deal but I'm very proud of that website.
At the end of the day, the basic challenge of staying on Canna will mean that it will remain wild and untainted. It's impossible to visit for the day and there are precious few options for staying overnight. I'd like for the local enterprises like the guest house and holiday lets to be made full use of; but Canna is most unlikely to become spoilt.
LOL - the whole of Scotland has a mossie problem in the Summer. That's why it's so wonderful out here in the winter; no tourists and no mossies. I do wonder if there is a correlation between the tourist influx and the tenacity of the mossies
There are lots of amazing coloured rocks in Scotland. The patch below Compass Hill measures only about 20x20 feet and the other ones I know of elsewhere are also well off the beaten track. My reference and inspiration in this matter is
Simon Nicholas White. If you like my images then his website will leave you truly wanting to go out and explore the coast.
I live in Priddy, which was mined continuously from the Bronze Age though to early Victorian times; so although I like to think I can spot old workings I haven't spotted anything here. I'll ask the locals when we gather for the arrival of the ferry tomorrow; it's a big social event when Canna's connection with the outside world only happens three times a week.
Thanks for such thought provoking questions - Duncan