'Worst summer for decades': Western Isles struggles for sun as heatwaves boil mainland

Clouds over the Luskentyre dunes on the Isle of Harris. Photo by Nils Leonhardt on Unsplash

THE summer of 2022 has seen heat records smashed. The Borders saw temperatures hit highs of around 35C, the hottest Scotland has ever been, while multiple places across England broke the 40C barrier for the first time in UK history.

But in Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Western Isles), it’s a very different story.