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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Oa, what a place to see goats and sea eagles!

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 The west coast of the Mull of Oa on Islay is rockhopping heaven. We paddled through geos and... ...under waterfalls that... ......
Friday, October 21, 2011

There's a kind of hush, all over the Oa tonight.

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We set of from Lower Killeyan Bay and were soon weaving through a series of offshore stacks and... ...channels through the skerries. T...
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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Taking a break at Lower Killeayan on the Oa peninsula.

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The west coast of the Mull of Oa is characterised by many offshore skerries and stacks. The Mull forms the SE boundary of Loch Indaal. Des...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Round the Mull of Oa.

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We now approached the great rock blade of Sgeirean Buidhe , which lies in the centre of the SW coast of the Oa peninsula. On another...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Cormorants, goats and cliffs on the Oa.

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 We set off down the SE coast of the Mull of Oa, threading small stacks crowned by cormorants. The coast is composed of increasingly b...
Monday, October 17, 2011

Kayak sailing round the Heads of Ayr.

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 The forecast for the Firth of Clyde was for sun and wind so a little trip to Ayr seemed in order.  We set off from Seafield at Ayr j...
Sunday, October 16, 2011

Oa, if it wasn't for the midges!

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 The dawn came gently on Islay's Mull of Oa. Banks of mist hung over the windless sea  Although the mist slowly burned off with th...