Coll, Tiree and Colonsay
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Coll and Tiree are among the most isolated of the Inner Hebrides, and if anything have more in common with the outlying Western Isles than with their closest neighbour, Mull. Each is roughly twelve miles long and three miles wide, both are low-lying, treeless and exceptionally windy, with white sandy beaches and the highest sunshine records in Scotland. Isolated between Mull and Islay, Colonsay (www.colonsay.org.uk) - eight miles by three at its widest - is nothing like as bleak and windswept as Coll or Tiree. All the islands have strong Gaelic roots, but the percentage of English-speaking newcomers is rising steadily.
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