Blog Entries from Marc Calhoun
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Last Update: Sunday, July 23, 2017 - 09:43
The itinerary has now been set for the June 2018 guided cruise on Hjalmar Bjorge. Our voyage will focus on islands to the south and west of Oban, including the Isles of the Sea. And if conditions...
Final Episode (for 2017, anyway) in the Continuing Adventures of Hjalmar BjorgeHebridean Cruise - May 20 to 29, 2017May 27: It was the day after our Flannan landing, and in the morning we started off...
Episode 6 in the Continuing Adventures of Hjalmar BjorgeHebridean cruise - May 20 to 29, 2017May 26: The morning forecast showed little improvement. The wind had calmed from the day before, but...
This is Episode 5 in the Continuing Adventures of Hjalmar Bjorge (Hebridean cruise, May 20 to 29, 2017).After our longer than expected walk to the Ardveg we motored out of the shelter of Hamanavay...
After leaving Scarp we found a sheltered anchorage at the head of Loch Hamanavay (Haven Bay). This remote corner of Lewis is one of my favorite places in the isles. It was once a thriving backwater,...
After a calm night tied to the Leverburgh pier, we watched the three St Kilda day-boats head out at 8am. The island on our plate for that day is as interesting as St Kilda, and much less visited: the...
In the morning of May 22nd we left the Small Isles in our wake to journey up the Minch. After four hours on a northwesterly course we passed the dramatic headland of Neist Point, with its lighthouse...
On May 20th, under clear skies, the good ship Hjalmar Bjorge left the busy port of Oban to head up the Sound of Mull. Aboard were twelve guests looking forward to a ten day cruise around the Hebrides...
I arrived in Oban on May 17. The ten-day cruise I was guiding did not leave until the 20th, so I had a full day to wander, followed by a day of packing. The wander had to be on an island. I had some...
Just back from the Isles of the West. Spent time on Lismore, Mull, Eigg, Harris, Scarp, the Ardveg (Lewis), Pabay Mor, Little Bernera, Great Bernera, Flannans, Canna, Muck, and Kerrera. The highlight...