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Showing posts with label transport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label transport. Show all posts
Monday, June 28, 2010

Made in Scotland from girders and glaciers.

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We now entered the outer part of Loch Etive. The loch stretches away for 30km into the mountains, where it becomes the most fjord like of th...
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Friday, April 25, 2008

Going Mobile on the Road to the Isles

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"I don't care about pollution, I'm an air conditioned gypsy, that's my solution" Going Mobile, Pete Townshend Lots of ...
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Friday, March 07, 2008

The sun goes down on the last ferry to Jura.

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As the sun set on our Dorus Mor adventure, we returned to our launch spot, the old Craignish Pier . There had been a ferry running between C...
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Monday, February 25, 2008

Crinan, the gateway from the Clyde to the west coast.

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Continuing our recent paddle in the waters of the Dorus Mor, we approached sheltered Loch Crinan. In the summer this bay will be full of ...
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Sunday, February 24, 2008

The long and winding road, to the Mull of Galloway

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I might have mixed up my McCartney songs but you get the idea... Despite being part of mainland Scotland, when you are travelling through th...
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Through the Grey Dogs to the Garvellachs.

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11th May 2006. Heading out from the Grey Dogs into the Firth of Lorn with Scarba on the port bow. Crossing to Eileach an Naoimh (Isle of the...
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Winter storms isolate the islands

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Our recent calm crossing to Arran on MV Caledonian Isles has not been typical of this winter. Island communities in Scotland have been isola...
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Saturday, January 13, 2007

A Berneray bridge too far?

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Residents of the lovely isle of Berneray are alarmed about a plan to lay a new tarmac trunk road through their island as part of a "br...
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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Sea kayaking portal to a short winter day.

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This magnificent Edwardian portal from the Wemyss Bay railway station to the ferry terminal was built in 1903 to carry the holiday crowds fr...
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Saturday, December 16, 2006

Easdale islander initiative

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The little island of Easdale (which I recently described ) has been cut off from its larger neighbour, the island of Seil for nearly a wee...
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Saturday, December 09, 2006

The bridge over the Atlantic.

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In a recent post on Easdale , I mentioned the Island of Seil. Since 1793, a single arch bridge has connected Seil to the mainland of Lorn so...
Friday, November 24, 2006

Rocket Mail launched after 5 year countdown.

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The film "Rocket Mail" was released today just 5 years after it was completed. It is based on the story of a German rocket scient...
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