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Showing posts with label Scarp. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Scarp. Show all posts
Friday, February 20, 2009

Sea kayaking Scarp's cave coast

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The swell had got up with the rise in tide during our lunch break on Scarp. There were several assisted launches. I was last off the beach b...
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Thursday, February 19, 2009

Decay and restoration on Scarp.

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From the shore we made our way up the hill through the remains of the settlement on Scarp. Photo: T Page. In the distance on the right, you...
Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Scarp, a kyles too far and a phone too few.

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Crossing the Caolas an Scarp we made landfall on the island of Scarp. Although the distance across the kyles is only 430 metres, the shallow...
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Friday, February 13, 2009

Speed bonny boat over the sea to Scarp!

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We were blown right out of Loch Crabhadail on Harris. The rocky gneiss of its ancient mountains gave way to great shifting dunes of sand at ...
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Loch Reasort, a long time in the making.

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Our first day back on Harris dawned with a freshening SW wind but wonderful clear skies and sunshine. It was good to be back on the water as...
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Monday, February 09, 2009

Empty beds on Scarp.

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The steady thrum of MV Cuma's diesel did not miss a beat on the 105 km trip back from St Kilda to Loch Resort, Harris. We made landfall ...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

The low brace.

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Photo Clark Fenton. Every sea kayaker should practice the low brace. (I used to work in an A&E department and seeing dislocated shoulder...
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Monday, January 21, 2008

Little Cumbrae: a touch of the Hebridean Wild West.

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Little Cumbrae lies deep within the protective arms of the Firth of Clyde and so is not strictly speaking one of the Hebridean Islands. Thes...
Friday, March 09, 2007

Castaway

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From 1/1/2000 to 1/1/2001 the BBC ran a TV series, Castaway 2000 , which followed the lives of 36 adults and children who were castawayed on...
Wednesday, January 10, 2007

How is it? It's as bad as it gets.

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West coast of Scarp June 2006 was stormy off the west coast of the Outer Hebrides. We were out there in a 70 foot fishing boat and had to r...
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