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Friday, June 27, 2008

Sunset over the Monach Islands

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As we paddled round the remote Monach Islands, which lie to the West of the outer Hebrides, the mid summer sun began its journey to set in t...
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 22, 2008

The Odarum rock and the wreck of the Vanstabel.

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Making our way round the north end of Siolaigh in the Monach Islands, we decided to cut inside the gap between the island and the Odarum roc...
Saturday, June 21, 2008

The Monach Lighthouse and 60 years' of pigeon shit!

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Paddling round the SW coast of Siolaigh in the Monach Islands we became aware that there are actually two lighthouses. The original lig...
Friday, June 20, 2008

The Monach Islands

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The Monach Islands are little more than low dunes that are swept over by Atlantic storms. In the distance are the mountains of South Uist. ...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008

These are the voyages of the MV Cuma, day 2, sausage logistics.

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On day two of the St Kilda trip there were force 6 to 7 E winds forecast. This would make it impossible to anchor securely in Village Bay, H...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Afloat on Hebridean seas

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On our first morning we awoke to find that Cuma was anchored in 6 fathoms of water. The seas round Taransay are so clear that we could see r...