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Sunday, May 29, 2011

Smoking in church on Nave Island

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We now left the wild north shore of Islay and... ...set off across the broad mouth of Loch Gruinart.  On the far side of the loch low lyin...
Saturday, May 28, 2011

Archeology and the passage of time on the north shore of Islay.

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 The coast of Islay that lay ahead looked so fascinating that we decided to move in...  ...for a closer look and we were certainly not dis...
Friday, May 27, 2011

Sea lions and elephants on Islay's north coast...it's like Jura on steroids!

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 Leaving Port an t-Sruthain we continued our exploration... ...of Islay's north coast in mirror calm conditions. We were paddling ...
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

A lonely sheiling on the north coast of Islay.

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Above the beach at  Port  an t-Sruthain  on the North coast of Islay, we found a natural amphitheatre surrounded by the cliff line of the ra...
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Monday, May 23, 2011

The dykes of the north coast of Islay.

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All too soon, the tidal assistance came to an end when we rounded the point below the Rhuvaal lighthouse . Sadly, the original lantern an...
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Sunday, May 22, 2011

The start of another Islay adventure.

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It was with considerable anticipation that Phil and I viewed Port Ellen as the ferry from Kintyre... ...approached the terminal on Islay&...
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Saturday, May 21, 2011

Several short sunny days on a sojourn to the Solway .

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At the end of April and beginning of May, I enjoyed a fantastic holiday on Fleet Bay in the Solway Firth. Each day dawned sunny... ...and...
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