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Friday, April 30, 2010

Going with the flow, round the Mull of Oa!

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The dolphins eventually got bored with us and headed off to the main race, which was now a distance offshore. For the first time we saw the ...
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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Sea kayaking with dolphins at the Mull of Oa

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Beneath the great rock fin of Sgeirean Bhuidhe at the Mull of Oa , a dorsal fin broke the surface of the sea. In this wild place we were the...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

The point of no return, Rubha an Leacan to Gob an Rubha Dhuibh, Oa, Islay

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As we approached Rhuba nan Leacan at the SE corner of the Mull of Oa it was 11:19 and should have been slack water as the NW flow was not du...
Monday, April 26, 2010

We have lost our friend.

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Our friend Jim Broadfoot died unexpectedly on Saturday. I can't begin to imagine how his mother Margaret, wife Dorothy and daughters, Pa...
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Sunday, April 25, 2010

The SE coast of the Mull of Oa, Islay

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From the lighthouse we started our exploration of the remote SE coast of Islay's Oa peninsula. We entered a wild world of offshore stack...
Saturday, April 24, 2010

Oa what a beautiful morning, Oa what a beautiful day!

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We drove off the ferry and parked a short way along the broad sweep of Traigh Gheighsgeir , the white sand beach on Port Ellen's NW shor...
Friday, April 23, 2010

The most southern point of the Hebrides.

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After crossing the Sound of Jura, the Islay ferry, the MV Hebridean Isles, made her way along the south coast of Islay. Heavy snow showers s...