Tag: farming
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Homeward Bound
Well I had my wish and walked, carefree, on Westport beach. I picked up a heart-shaped stone as a memento, and gazed across at the coast of Antrim, the Emerald Isle glistening out of dissipating mist. As soon as I’d realised I was up against 4 locals—all knowledgeable about the area, intimately connected through kith…
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What now for Scotland?
Stuck on the eastern shore of Loch Fyne—by wind, weather and a technical problem with the ferry due west to Tarbert—I thought I was doing the sensible thing by waiting for updates from CalMac. About half an hour (if that) drive-on-drive-off made much more sense than driving east to Tighnabruaich, north to Glendaruel (I have…
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Campaigning in Campbeltown
The sea wasn’t quite glass as we sailed over from Portavadie, there was just enough wind to justify raising the full panelled sail of my wee junk-rig, the Florence Louisa, at least till we neared the ferry slipway. I’m always relieved when we cross the route of the ferry and leave it behind us. I’d…