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Showing posts with label Monach Islands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monach Islands. Show all posts
Monday, June 30, 2008

Anchors aweigh for St Kilda!

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On the morning of 2nd June the day had dawned fair and Murdani, the Cuma's skipper weighed anchor for St Kilda! Soon the low lying dunes...
Sunday, June 29, 2008

Mysterious Mirror of the Monachs

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Long after the Monach Islands were abandoned by their inhabitants, fishermen from North Uist and other islands in the Outer Hebrides have re...
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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Grimsay boats.

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On the morning of 2/6/2008 we were awoken by the "put put" of a single cylinder diesel engine puttering round the turquoise waters...
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Friday, June 27, 2008

Sunset over the Monach Islands

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As we paddled round the remote Monach Islands, which lie to the West of the outer Hebrides, the mid summer sun began its journey to set in t...
Sunday, June 22, 2008

The Odarum rock and the wreck of the Vanstabel.

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Making our way round the north end of Siolaigh in the Monach Islands, we decided to cut inside the gap between the island and the Odarum roc...
Saturday, June 21, 2008

The Monach Lighthouse and 60 years' of pigeon shit!

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Paddling round the SW coast of Siolaigh in the Monach Islands we became aware that there are actually two lighthouses. The original lig...
Friday, June 20, 2008

The Monach Islands

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The Monach Islands are little more than low dunes that are swept over by Atlantic storms. In the distance are the mountains of South Uist. ...
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