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Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Seven years to Coll but it's too late to call

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Our trip to Coll had been seven years in gestation. When I first thought of taking up sea kayaking, in the summer of 2002, I gave the late M...
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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...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Mike Thomson

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My friend Mike Thomson of Scottish Paddler Supplies has died. He became unwell while driving back to Scotland with a load of new sea kayaks...
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Sunday, June 08, 2008

Murty Campbell

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Murty Campbell is one of the great sea kayaking pioneers. Over a decade ago he completed unsupported crossings to isolated Hebridean outlie...
Wednesday, February 06, 2008

A ship's bell rings down the years.

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This is the bell of the SS Valkyrian, which was wrecked off Dunure harbour in Ayrshire. I recently posted about the bravery of William "...
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Sunday, January 27, 2008

Dunure, the birth place of one of the world's largest shipping lines.

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I recently posted how the fishermen of the fishing hamlet of Dunure rescued all but two souls from the crews of the Valkyrian and the Iron D...
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Sunday, May 13, 2007

The National Life Boat "David Hay".

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The Tower, Balcary point . During gales, the seas off Balcary point in the Solway Firth can be violent due to the strong tides and shallow w...
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Saturday, February 10, 2007

The Indomitable Human Spirit.

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I have doubts about whether I am worthy to write about our brave fellow sea kayaker Andrew McAuley. As I write, Andrew has become separated ...
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