On the 6th of June 2012, Auskerry welcomed her first Royal visitor when Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal came to inspect the lighthouse.Arriving aboard the Northern Lighthouse Board's ship MV Pharos by helicopter, Princess Anne was then brought ashore to...

While I was growing up on Auskerry I often wished I had a plane or helicopter to make it easier to get to the mainland. A few years ago a friend of mine who is a qualified pilot managed to land and more importantly take off again in his two seat Zenair 710 aircraft....