Karen, Andy and I explored Gairloch one windy day in April last year. On our return to the harbour the MV Hebridean Princess had docked at the main pier. The MV Hebridean Princess is an ex-Caledonian Macbrayne ferry which was converted into a luxury cruise ship and now plys the West Coast of Highlands and Hebrides.
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Archive for December, 2007
The Vikings named this sea stack, the Staurr which meant, the stake. Over the passage of time, the name Staurr has become Stoer, and the sea stack is known as the Old Man of Stoer and the surrounding peninsula, the Stoer Peninsula.
Two friends, Karen Darke and Andy Kirkpatrick, recently featured on the BBC Scotland’s Outdoors Show, sea kayaking into the base […]
After a hard day’s paddling…well floating around from beach to beach, weaving around skerries and exploring the coastline, the harded sea kayaker needs some rest and refreshments.
On the Isle of Muck there is a wonderful cafe cum resturant cum craft shop which is an oasis for a parched sea kayaker needing a cup of tea […]
Photo - Maritime & Coastguard Agency
The seas off the Summer Isles and the Coigeach Peninsula can be a wild and unforgiving place. High winds blowing across the the Minch (large stretch of sea seperating the Outer Hebrides from the Scottish Mainland) coupled with rapid rise in the depth of the sea bed just off the coastline […]
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