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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Beady eyes and incontinent cormorants on the Murray's Isles.

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 I was bound for the Murray's Isles which house a cormorant colony on their rocky crest. From their lofty perch the cormorants ca...
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Monday, December 23, 2013

A Midsummer dawn on the Solway.

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We have just passed the shortest day but my thoughts have recently gone back half of a year to when I was last on the water. It was a shor...
Friday, December 13, 2013

Selkirk Arms Hotel, Kirkcudbright.

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From the landing place at Kirkcudbright harbour it...  ...is a short 400m walk (even for a hungry and thirsty kayaker)... ...throu...
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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Coming and going and leaving a wake at Kirkcudbright.

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Behind us, the wind was funneling through The Sound between Little Ross and the mainland and it was with...  ...great anticipation tha...
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013

The view from the summit of Little Ross Island.

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From the summit of Little Ross Island we looked west down to the waters of The Sound with the point of Fox Craig beyond. It is often ins...
Monday, December 09, 2013

Murder at Little Ross Lighthouse.

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Near the west quay at the north end of Little Ross Island lies an old workshop and store . An old Alvis Stalwart 6WD amphibious vehicle  ...
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Friday, December 06, 2013

The red flag is flying high over Kirkcudbright Bay.

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 Although our destination was Little Ross Island....  ...we paddled out through Little Ross Sound and past Fox Craig to...  ...th...