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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Retreat from the Mull of Oa

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From Texa to the Mull of Oa is 14km and then another 10km from there to the camp site at Kintra on Laggan Bay. The wind was still light but ...
Tuesday, August 19, 2008

White tailed sea eagles, a swim and a can of Guinness

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After rounding the Mull of Kintyre and entering the Firth of Clyde we came across a pair of sea eagles soaring with their offspring. We need...
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Monday, August 18, 2008

The State of Texa

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The island of Texa lies just a kilometer off the SE coast of Islay in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. While we were cruising down Texa's...
Saturday, August 09, 2008

Amiralty warning: "Rollers break on the beach".

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Once we had rounded Rubha na Lice, to the south of the Mull of Kintyre lighthouse, the fog started to lift. Sadly an RAF Chinook helicopter ...
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Mulling it over with a dram of malt on Islay

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From Eilean Imersay we were now bound for the Isle of Texa on Islay's SE coast. To the east, the distant mountains of Arran rose above t...
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Tuesday, August 05, 2008

The great Gargoyle, the tides and eddies of the Mull of Kintyre

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The tide swept us round the rocks below the Mull of Kintyre lighthouse at 12km/hour. There was a difference in water level on either side of...
Sunday, August 03, 2008

Shaggy dogs on Eilean Imersay, Islay

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The SE coast of Islay is a maze of reefs and islands. Some of the channels dry out as the tide recedes like this one inside Eilean Mhic Mhao...
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