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Women Refugee Climbing Trip
I have made attempts to start this piece many times wanting to write it down while the experience was fresh in my mind. …I am sat waiting for the NHS dentist… …It is early morning in Mallaig… ...I am on the ferry surrounded by excited children, pupils of the Isle...
Waiting to get home
Storm Isha is hurling itself at the window. I am gazing over at Eigg, unable to reach home as the ferry is obviously cancelled for today. Betting I don’t want to be out in this? You would be correct. I am returning from a Megabusing visit to London to spend time...
North of Statt
We come round Statt, the fist of land that punches defiantly out into the Norwegian Sea. We cross over on a day of infinite blue sky, when the fighting waters are taking a breather and lapping gently against the great cliffs.
Murky Month and MicroPlastics
I have found it a murky month here onboard Selkie: a month of unexpected challenges. There are silver linings, and I am so lucky to have fallen upon these tricky times in Bergen under the wing of the kindest and ocean optimistic person, someone who has kept me...
Across the North Sea Singlehanded
The day goes in a whizz. I take naps, 10 to 15 minutes long, storing up my physical and mental energy for the night ahead. I’m making fabulous time and I know that I’m going for it.
Going North for Autumn
This year so far has been brilliant and illuminating, with barely time to catch my breath. It feels only right and proper to announce here on my webpage that I am heading back North come the autumn. My time in Norway during the winter blew me away, luckily not...
Låder
Låder, Rennesøy. This is where I saw the great pulsating, sweeping curtains of green and pink light leaping through the star lit sky. A low rocky bay ringed by islets where the eagles gather to shake their tale feathers, disturb the wildlife and excite the Selkie...
Rossøya, Norway
God I love this! It’s blowing a gale out there. Winds of 50 coming out of the North West. The boat stinks of diesel fumes with the Refleks stove that had to be turned off when the gusts swung through violently, blowing smoke back down the chimney. That was one thing I...
An interview with Eigg Wildlife Ranger Norah Barnes
It is early June and the heatwave of May has been ousted by blustery chill winds driving out of the North. Norah Barnes has agreed to...