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Jura, Orwell and a late summer escape
Looking for Orwell over land and sea. And with the odd whisky thrown in for luck.
07/09/2026 · Read article
Ulva Bothy
As the Scots say, "West is best". So for our August holiday we put that to the test, heading slightly further west than usual. But not by much. A few days west of our usual summer spot on Mull, in a off-grid Bothy on Ulva.
10/12/2023 · Read article
Paddle
It’s a surprisingly warm summers day. We’ve been coming to Mull for more than a decade, but we’ve never had weather like this. It’s a flat calm on Calgary beach and the sun is beating down. The beaches of the west coast of Scotland often look like the Caribbean, but for once t…
23/12/2021 · Read article
Barra
Heading north again, as we do every summer. Mirroring the paths of the migrating birds who also head for the islands. They travel far more efficiently than we do, laden as we are with tents, stoves and a collection of coats and hats. They soar on the wing, using the motorway t…
03/09/2019 · Read article
Once more with feelings back to the inner
Once more. With feelings. Back to the "inner isles" (Na h-Eileanan a-staigh) for our summer trip. Some new islands this year....
2017-09-11 20:22:59 GMT · Read article
On a blazing hot august day we jumped aboard the
On a blazing hot August day we jumped aboard the Island Lass and headed off for a boat trip round the Treshnish Isles, past...
2016-09-05 21:16:05 GMT · Read article
After our week on ulva back to our usual mull
After our week on Ulva, back to our usual Mull haunt of Treshnish. Fabulous accommodation. Great weather, the best beaches in...
2016-09-05 21:16:02 GMT · Read article
Late summer and we headed northwards again to
Late summer and we headed northwards again. To Ulva, a place we'd visited but never spent more than a few hours at a time. ...
2016-09-05 21:03:05 GMT · Read article
Went out last night to try and grab a picture of
Went out last night to try and grab a picture of an otter. I failed. But the view across the bay was pretty good.
2016-08-23 21:05:59 GMT · Read article
Its becoming a bit of a family tradition piling
It's becoming a bit of a family tradition. Piling the car high and driving northwards for our summer holidays. Usually to Mull,...
2015-09-22 21:49:45 GMT · Read article