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Archive for April, 2007

Calm

After a honeymoon and a manic week at work it’s time to get back out exploring areas in the Northwest Highlands for the guidebook. As the weather forecast is looking rather fine, Mike and I shall surely venture somewhere interesting. However best not to tempt the weather gods. Normal blogging to resume from Sunday night onwards.

Another find…

Yesterday was spent with Karen and Andy exploring the depths of Gairloch in Wester Ross. We came across this ‘fine’ looking paddler’s cafe in the sheltered waters of Badachro. Mmm…
I’m off to Orkney on holiday for a week so no blog posts for a while. However work on the book doesn’t stop - I will […]

The Commissioners

Formed in 1786 by an act of parliament to construct four lighthouses; North Ronaldsay, Scalpay, Kinnaird Head & Mull of Kintyre, the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouse Board have an important role in ensuring the safety of seafarers both in Scottish & Manx coastal waters.
The Northern Lighthouse Board now meets it’s important role through it’s extensive network […]

Lunch time

The humble joys of landing on the many coves and beaches, towards low water in Wester Ross - they are full of rather large boulders which are often covered with an incredibly greasy, thin green seaweed. It can’t all be easy, sun kissed sandy beaches I suppose.