A clan chief married this weekend in a beachside bothy in his clan’s heartland on the west coast.
Ruairidh MacLennan, 37, married Jillian Ferguson, 28, at Shieldaig near Torridon in Wester Ross on Saturday.
Mr MacLennan became chief of the clan at the age of 12-years-old when he inherited the title from his father Ronald MacLennan, who built the bothy on a remote west coast beach in 1963.
The couple were married in front of a small group of guests by Rev David Macleod of Lochcarron Church.
Speaking yesterday before jetting off to Greece on honeymoon, Mr MacLennan said: “We both knew that it was quite high risk getting married outdoors at a both on the west coast but we were very lucky with the weather.
“We stayed in Torridon the night before and we could hear the rain battering down but by the morning it was great and the sun came out.
“It was a very special spot to get married and it was a tremendous day.”
Mr MacLennan stays in Dores on the banks of Loch Ness and works as a district valuer for HM Revenue and Customs in the north.
Ms Ferguson is the manager of Netherton Forestry in Inverness.
The bothy was used by the MacLennan family as a holiday getaway in the Wester Ross area, the traditional home of the MacLennan clan.