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Monday, September 20, 2010

Views from the north of Gigha.

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The north end of Gigha is a wonderful wild place. Its highest hill is only 56m high but from its summit this lovely isle can be seen stretc...
Sunday, September 19, 2010

Two sisters of Islay.

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The next morning, the 7am ferry from Kennacraig to Islay sailed past Gigha under the magnificent Paps of Jura. She was the MV Hebridean Isle...
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Saturday, September 18, 2010

A sack of logs and a space for the Brownie.

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Fortunately when the sun went down, the temperature dropped like a stone and the midges disappeared. Gradually the light faded until... ...t...
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Friday, September 17, 2010

A feast on Gigha.

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Once we had got our tents up it was time to start unloading the boats for our evening meal. We had chicken tikka bhuna, parathas, two macker...
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Thursday, September 16, 2010

Two resting places on Gigha.

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It was early evening when we came across the wreck of the Kartli . It was humbling being so close to the final resting place of the wreck of...
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Midges at the mill, on Gigha.

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We now turned our bows to the north and up the exposed west coast of Gigha . It was a wonderful day with light winds and only a little swell...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Paying our respects to the Brownie on Cara.

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On landing on Cara, Phil and I doffed our caps to the resident spirit, the Brownie . We both said "Good afternoon Mr Brownie, I trust y...