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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Friends to watch over you

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Looking back at the Grey Dogs, from a distance of over 2km, it all seemed so calm and innocent. To the north the mountains of Mull dominated...
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Sleeping Grey Dogs

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Leaving the Pool of the Song, we felt another pull. This time it was the pull of the Grey Dogs tidal race. It was spring tides maximum flow ...
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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Pool of the Song in the Sound of Luing

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We broke out of the tide towards the Corryvreckan and entered the Sound of Luing between Scarba and Luing. Kilmory Lodge, which is one of th...
Saturday, November 14, 2009

A whiter shade of pale in the Sound of Jura

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Once ejected from the Dorus Mor, we had to avoid the eddy, which at the the beginning of the flood runs south down the west side of Garbh Re...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Crossing the Rubicon in the Dorus Mor

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We paddled out of the shady confines of the hills surrounding Loch Crinan and emerged into a sunlit Sound of Jura. The unmistakable outline ...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

En route from Crinan, bound for...?

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On a cold frosty morning in mid October, we found ourselves in Crinan on the west coast of Scotland's long Kintyre peninsula. We had co...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Farewell to Islay, Oronsay, Colonsay and Jura

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Sadly, it was now time to say farewell to the fabulous islands of Islay, Oronsay, Colonsay and Jura. We stayed out on the observation deck o...
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