RELAXING in his luxury Thames-side mansion, Uri Geller, the world-famous spoon-bender, was suddenly riveted by an advert for the sale of a mystical Scottish island.

But while the prospectus for Lamb Island, off the east coast of Scotland, listed the disadvantages – "it is completely bare, and uninhabitable because it's so rocky, does not come with planning permission" – Mr Geller realised it was his chance to be part of a legend linking Robert the Bruce, King Arthur and the ancient kings of Ireland.

Mr Geller's attraction to Lamb Island, a volcanic outcrop in the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh, is its claim to be one of the three "great pyramids of Scotland", which mirror the layout of the pyramids at Giza, near Cairo in Egypt. The other islands are Craigleith and Fidra.

Uri Geller, spoon-bender extraordinaire and all-round guru of things weird and wonderful, is offering one ‘lucky’ Sunday Herald reader the chance to join him on a hunt for buried Egyptian treasure ... in Scotland. He claims the treasure was buried on an isolated Scottish island by an Egyptian princess 3,500 years ago.

Israeli-born Geller – most famous for mangling cutlery, his friendship with Michael Jackson and his claim that he used telepathy to make Scotland’s former football captain Gary McAllister miss a penalty against England at Euro 96 – plans to search for the lost Egyptian artefacts on Lamb, a small uninhabited island in the Firth Of Forth. Geller bought for the tiny island for £30,000 last year.

Aye, right: and the big metal roof on Rosslyn Chapel is actually a device for communicating with extra-terrestrials...

Saturday 6th March, 2010 - I am heading off to Scoland, to my little island Lamb Island. It's been described as one of the most dangerous places to try to land a boat, and one of the most uncomfortable places to sleep...I'm looking forward to it! OK, it's only for one day and one night - but I thought it would be rediculous to buy an island, and then never set foot on it! So, this Saturday the 6th of March, I will be going to Lamb island, with Shipi, and "Island Man" Andy Strangeway, a UK Adventurer who's ambition it is to spend a night on every island in the UK.

Shipi & I are leaving London at the crack of dawn, and heading towards North Berwick, where we will arrive some hours later in the early afternoon. We're going to spend some time visiting the area, including a visit to the Scottish Seabird Centre. So if you are in the area, come and say hi! We're then going to jump on a boat, and go on a tour of the islands near to Lamb, including Bass Rock & Craigleith - before landing on Lamb, and treasure hunting!