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Showing posts with label folklore. Show all posts
Showing posts with label folklore. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 03, 2018

Breaking the spell of the Cailleach Uragaig on the NW coast of Colonsay.

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The only break in the rocky ramparts of the NW coast of Colonsay was at Port Ban but reefs at low tide prevent landing much of the time...
Thursday, February 14, 2008

The hand-less piper of Duntrune Castle.

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Loch Crinan is guarded on its north shore by the austere greyness of the tower of Duntrune Castle . It dates from the 12th century and was a...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Lions, geology and elves.

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At the south east corner of the island of Great Cumbrae, in the Firth of Clyde, there is a peculiar rock formation (mimetolith) known as Lio...
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Saturday, August 11, 2007

Fingal's Cave

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I have posted on Fingal's Cave before but as it is truly one of the wonders of the sea kayaking world, I hope you will forgive another ...
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Thursday, February 22, 2007

Mackerel sky.

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"Mackerel sky, mackerel sky - never long wet, never long dry. " Is there any truth in this piece of folklore? A mackerel sky is co...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Dunvegan Castle, Skye

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Dunvegan Castle is unique in Scotland in that it has been inhabited nearly continuously by the one family, the MacLeods, for over 850 years...
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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

The sad disappearance of Sammy seal.

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Tonight on BBC Radio Scotland Rab Harrower, a safety inspector on the Forth Rail Bridge , reported that Sammy the seal (who frequented the ...
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Saturday, January 06, 2007

Daft Anne's Steps, Hestan Island, the Solway Firth

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Daft Anne's steps are a set of rocky pillars extending from the south of Hestan Island in the Solway Firth. In the Story of Hestan Islan...
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Thursday, November 09, 2006

The bottlenose dolphins of Gigha and the Brownie of Cara

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Recent talk of community buyouts takes us south again to the islands of Gigha and Cara . They lie at the south end of the Sound of Jura of...
Monday, November 06, 2006

More from the cave of Mr Sawney Bean

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The entrance to Sawney Bean's cave is at the foot of Bennane Head on the lower Firth of Clyde. It is in a fabulous, remote situation wit...
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Friday, November 03, 2006

A Kayaking Bean feast.

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A trip to Bennane Head on the lower Clyde found us inside the cave and principal dwelling of a Mr Alexander Bean who frequented these parts ...