After losing both my parents, I realised what I needed: the total isolation of a Hebridean island | Graham Snowdon (opens in new tab)

Complete solitude may not be for everyone, but walking the windswept Harris hills by myself gave me the space to contemplate a difficult yearSitting in a remote cabin earlier this year on the Hebridean isle of Harris, watching the fishing boats come and go in the little harbour, I felt the fog of the previous months finally beginning to clear. I kept thinking back to a cold November night, returning from Leeds to south London, when I finally admitted to myself that something needed to change....