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: Saturday, March 28, 2020 - 10:04
I am sorry to report that due to the Corona virus outbreak we are unable to go forward with the April guided cruise. Northern Lights has rescheduled it for a year out. The cruise will follow the same...
The photo is of one of the three beehive cells on the Flannan Isles. It shows hundreds of puffins flocking around the smallest cell on the island. The stones in the foreground (lower right) are the...
After writing the last post on IKEA lighthouses, I remembered another memorable minor light I'd visited long ago; one that has also been replaced by an IKEA tower. This particular light stood at one...
So, what exactly is an IKEA lighthouse?A lighthouse enthusiast was on my 2019 guided cruise last July. As we were motoring past the Garvellach Isles he mentioned we were passing an IKEA lighthouse,...
I have posted before on a long walk I made to Glengarrisdale on the northwest end of Jura. (It was also the subject of chapter 7 in Book 1.) That walk was made in 2010. Ten years have passed, and,...
In May of 2017 I camped for two nights by a beautiful loch in the remote interior of southwest Lewis. I had not planned to camp there. I'd wanted to make it all the way to the Aird Mhor, at the mouth...
Due to a cancellation, there are two places available for my April 25th cruise aboard Hjalmar Bjorge. For more details see the above 2020 Guided Cruise tab, or visit the Northern Light Cruising...
When you are in Oban there's no better way to spend a day than a walk on the island of Kerrera. In Book 1 (chapter 22) I describe three walks on the island: the South Ring walk to Gylen Castle,...
I just saw the Call the Midwife episode that was filmed on Lewis. The scenes filmed at the Gearranan blackhouse village reminded me of one of the best short walk on Lewis, one that most...
One of my favourite Hebridean islands is Scarp. I well remember several visits to Harris in the 1990s, standing at the slipway at Hushinish looking over to Scarp. I had no idea then how to get there...
