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Showing posts with label Iona. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iona. Show all posts
Monday, October 05, 2009

The crosses of Oronsay

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Walking up to Oronsay House, I asked Mrs Colburn if it was easy to get to the Oronsay Cross. "You will find two crosses very easily,...
Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Sea Kayaking Desktop Calendar August 2008

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Paddling in perfect peace over the clear waters of Traigh Bhan, Iona . If you would like to download the August desktop, it is available in ...
Thursday, November 29, 2007

End of a perfect day on Iona

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After leaving Iona Abbey and Martyr's Bay Restaurant and Bar David and Mike headed straight back across the Sound of Iona for Fidden. To...
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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

An Iona fishergirl

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Leaving Market Bay on the Ross of Mull, we paddled back towards Iona in the still of a perfect summer evening. We passed the lovely hamlet o...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Munching Mull mackerel in Market Bay

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After Mike caught some mackerel , we needed to find somewhere to land. There can be no finer land fall than Market Bay (Traigh na Margaidh) ...
Friday, November 23, 2007

Five little fishies

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Leaving Eilean Annraidh , we crossed the Sound of Iona and made our way east along the north coast of the Ross of Mull. We paused off the he...
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Thursday, November 22, 2007

Eilean Annraidh, Iona

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This view from Eilean Annraidh , which lies to the north of Iona, has inspired artists for at least 200 years. In the distance lies Ulva and...
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Bay at the Back of the Ocean, Iona

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This incredible cove is at the north end of Camas Cuil an t-Saimh (Bay at the Back of the Ocean) on the west coast of Iona. It is near to Po...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Spouting cave, Iona

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We circumnavigated Iona in an anticlockwise direction. We rounded its south west headland to discover a wonderland of stacks, islands, tidal...
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Saturday, November 17, 2007

The foundation of St Oran's Chapel and voices of ancient saints

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The oldest building in the grounds of Iona Abbey is St Oran’s chapel . It stands on the site of Reilig Odhrain, or St Oran’s shrine, around ...
Friday, November 16, 2007

Iona Abbey

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The current day Iona Abbey is the reconstructed ruin of a Benedictine Abbey which dates from about the 13th century. St Columba had establis...
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Thursday, November 15, 2007

An evening alternative to the Abbey on Iona

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After an arduous day sea kayaking round Iona and the Ross of Mull we landed on Iona just as the MV Loch Buie was making her last crossing of...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Expedition planning

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We are so lucky here in the west coast of Scotland , we have fantastic sea kayaking right on our doorstep. We do not have to embark on lengt...
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Saturday, September 15, 2007

Red rock sunset on Erraid

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As the sun slowly moved towards the northwest, the granite rocks of Erraid glowed red above the white shell sand beaches. Finally the sun sa...
Monday, July 23, 2007

Turquoise seas of Iona

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Sometimes it is nice just to float along and slip off into a dream of Iona.
Sunday, July 22, 2007

The hardships of Scottish seakayaking.

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I am just back from a week trip; sea kayaking the west coast of Mull and its outliers. The weather here in the UK has been exceptionally wet...
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