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KLB

 
It’s the end of road quite literally. Kinlochbervie or KLB as it’s sometimes locally abbreviated to, is the last major settlement on the NW coast of mainland Scotland before Cape Wrath and the North Coast.

Due to it’s proximity to good fishing grounds, KLB has almighty sized harbour in relation to the size of the town. […]

A novel use

A novel use for an old G.P.O. post box in Glen Brittle - it’s a donations box for the Skye Mountain Rescue Team.
It amazing what catches your eyes when you journey through an area again. It’s been a joy to travel around the NW Highlands with a different ’set of eyes on’ and re-discover places […]

The Jamaica Boat

You may see this boat when you’re paddling around on the West Coast of Scotland. It’s registered home port is Kingstown, Jamaica. However it doesn’t commute across the Atlantic Ocean like ‘The Jamaica Bolt’ but is based out of the old oil rig fabrication yard at Kishorn, Applecross.
The MV Harvest Caroline now chugs around fish farms on West […]

Can you hear me?

‘Use it or lose it’ is a very true expression. British Telecom has started a consultation process which might lead to 194 telephone boxes disappearing from the Highlands this year. The number of calls being made from phones on the hit list has dropped by over 50% in the past 3 years due to the continued growth in […]


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I'm currently writing a sea kayaking guidebook for the Northwest Highlands; Cape Wrath to Ardnamurchan Point including Skye & the Small Isles. This blog will keep you updated as to my progress and hopefully the blog and in turn the book will inspire you experience the Northwest Highlands by sea kayak yourself.

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