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Friday, June 15, 2007

Summer mist on Jura.

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Last Saturday dawned clear but a bank of sea mist rolled down West Loch Tarbert and hid Ruantallain from the world. Our clothes and tents be...
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Thursday, June 14, 2007

The Wild West of Jura

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After a fantastic day on West Loch Tarbert, Jura, Tony and I headed for the rampart of cliffs which bound the unpopulated and roadless wilde...
Wednesday, June 13, 2007

The hand of Slartibartfast has touched West Loch Tarbert!

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The sun sets over distant Colonsay behind the abandoned township of Ruantallain at the mouth of West Loch Tarbert on the west coast of Jura...
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007

The mysterious geoglyphic lines of Camas nam Meann, Jura

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As you approach Camas nam Meann (beach of the young deer) in West Loch Tarbert from the sea, you are not prepared for its sheer scale. The s...
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Monday, June 11, 2007

The tide last went out 10,000 years ago on the raised beaches of Jura.

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These patches of vegetation have taken 10,000 years, since the end of the last Ice Age, to grow to this size. Tony and I are just back from ...
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Sunday, June 10, 2007

Ferry gliding #2

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Following a recent Seakayakphoto article on ferry gliding , it is fair to say that the mailbox here at Seakayakphoto Towers received a numbe...
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Sunday, June 03, 2007

Walking among the stones of history in the monastery of Hinba.

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The monastery on Eileach na Naoimh was founded by St Brendan of Clonfert in AD 542. At that time the Garvellachs were known as Hinba or the...
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