Blog Entries from Marc Calhoun
Blogs (web logs) and blogspots provide a unique insight into Highland life and nature in Lochaber and The West Highlands.
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Last Update: Thursday, June 16, 2022 - 05:15
The Continuing Adventures of Hjalmar BjorgeSeason 5 - Episode 5 - Mingulay to MullExploring the Isles of the West Cruise April 18-May 2, 2022From Mingulay we motored across...
The Continuing Adventures of Hjalmar BjorgeSeason 5 - Episode 4 - MingulayExploring the Isles of the West Cruise April 18-May 2, 2022After a night at the Monachs, we awoke to a...
The Continuing Adventures of Hjalmar BjorgeSeason 5 - Episode 3 - Scarp to the MonachsExploring the Isles of the West Cruise April 18-May 2, 2022After our wedding surprise in the Sound...
The Continuing Adventures of Hjalmar BjorgeSeason 5 - Episode 2 - Isay to ScarpExploring the Isles of the West Cruise April 18-May 2, 2022After our exploration of Isay we steamed across...
The Continuing Adventures of Hjalmar BjorgeSeason 5 - Episode 1 - Oban to IsayExploring the Isles of the West Cruise April 18-May 2, 2022After being cancelled for two years, Season 5 has...
More delays. We ran out of beer, so the guide went on strike until we returned to Oban to stock up. Once the bar was replenished we head over to Oronsay. The sea is calm, so a landing on the...
The following review of Beehive Dwellings of the Hebrides appeared in the Stornoway Gazette. The review was written by Frank Rennie, who has allowed me to reproduce it here. The book can be purchased...
Leaving Gigha in our wake I set a course west to Islay. Under rainy skies we pass Port Ellen, where the smell from the giant maltings and whisky warehouses is sublime. I anchor just west of Port...
More delays. Sorry about that. The guide had to go home for a couple of weeks to prepare a video presentation on his book about the Beehive Cells of the Hebrides. It will be shown at the Faclan Book...
After leaving Ailsa Craig we motored over to Campbelltown. The guide had claimed he was a close personal friend of Paul McCartney. So I called his bluff by telling him to take the guests up to visit...
