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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

A busy waterway at Kennacraig.

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 We approached the pier at Kennacraig cautiously. It was 12:22 and the ferry was not due to leave until 13:00 but they do sometimes fit in...
Monday, August 26, 2013

A fair wind in West Loch Tarbert.

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The weather forecast had been for a force 3 to 4 NE wind. This would have been a most unwelcome headwind in West Loch Tarbert. However, we...
Friday, August 23, 2013

The ferries of West Loch Tarbert.

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No sooner had we entered West Loch Tarbert than we came across a long stone pier . This is the remains of the Portachoillan ferry,...
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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Daisies , shells, pottery and a marble at Dunskeig Bay.

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By the time we pulled our kayaks up the fair strand of Dunskeig Bay it was after 9:30am and way past breakfast time so we set...  ...o...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Much toing and froing on the crossing to West Loch Tarbert.

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We set off across the Sound of Gigha towards the Kintyre mainland in glassy calm conditions but it is not always like this... ...as th...
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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

We were not alone on Gigha.

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We awoke to a beautiful morning on Gigha but unfortunately we were not alone. We had been joined by billions of midges who enjoyed breakfa...
Monday, August 19, 2013

Living the dream of the Hebridean Isles on Gigha.

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Due to the presence of an amphidromic point between Islay and the Mull of Kintyre, the mean spring tidal range on the west coast of Gigha...