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Friday, November 27, 2009

Crinan's pyroligneous past.

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As we entered Loch Crinan, the setting sun lit the north shore with a crimson light. The lonely farmhouse of Ardifuir nestles in a bowl in ...
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Thursday, November 26, 2009

End of another Glorious Dorus Day

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The Sound of Jura, beyond the Dorus Mor , is a beautiful place but the tides still run strongly as the ebb from Loch Craignish mixes with th...
Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Back for more in the Dorus Mor!

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From Reisa an t-Sruith we were transported on a tidal conveyor belt across the Sound of Jura. We were propelled through the Dorus Mor at 12k...
Tuesday, November 24, 2009

The mystery of the goats of Reisa an t-Sruith

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We now were on a course back to the Dorus Mor and Crinan but first we had to clear the north end of tiny Reisa an t-Sruith . Its name means ...
Monday, November 23, 2009

Calculating slack water in the Corryvreckan

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I am currently writing a sea kayaking guidebook book for Pesda Press "Argyll and the South West, Ardnamuchan to the Solway Firth by Sea...
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Showdown with a goat in the Corryvreckan!

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We entered the Corryvreckan in somewhat calmer circumstances than our last visit . Even in windless conditions the flood was bubbling and bo...
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Friday, November 20, 2009

Menace hung in the windless air, even for the most daring and venturesome.

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Common sense would suggest that we should have relaxed on the beach on Scarba's NW coast until near slack water in the Corryvreckan. ...