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Maps 32, 33 & 34 – Bye bye Skye

Today was a long day. It began painfully early in the drizzle of South Uist when my alarm went off at 4.20am. Ouch. It was already light; but already wet on the road, too, as I made my way the 4 miles or so to the ferry in Lochboisdale. I was first on and found […]

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06 Barra to Aberdeen Other

Map 31 – The only way is Eriskay

I don’t mind admitting that I rather enjoyed myself in OS Map 31. It was worth all the effort it took to get here and I am a little sad to be leaving already. The weather helped a bit. It was a dry, breezy sort of day and the visibility was good. And I got […]

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Back to the Outer Hebrides… again!

For the past 2 days I have not made any forward – that is to say eastward – progress at all. Ever since the long blast across Moray and Aberdeenshire to Peterhead on Tuesday, I have been making my way back across land and sea to start the next crossing of the country. Other than […]