by Celia Bull | May 8, 2020 | Selkie Explorers News
The RYA is working on a range of guidance and resources to help our members and the wider boating community prepare for a return to the water. These resources will ensure you can return to activities on the water as quickly and safely as possible. While the detail of...
by Celia Bull | Mar 15, 2020 | Selkie Explorers News
The good news is that Selkie is almost ready for her first voyage of the season. She might not be looking as smart as I had wanted but that is because the weather has been atrocious and painting the deck when there is no substantial gap between rainshowers is a known...
by Celia Bull | Jan 5, 2020 | Selkie Explorers News
On the train heading home after a Hogmanay abroad I see a standoff between some healthy lowland sheep and a flock of neck-to-attention geese. It reminds me that these birds are in their winter feeding grounds, that in a few months they will be heading north, that we...
by Celia Bull | Oct 15, 2019 | Selkie Explorers News
Selkie’s sailing season is over, brought to a dramatic close by the arrival of the first proper Atlantic storm of autumn: a deep weather system whose isobars run rings around a sea area stretching from the Azores to Svalbard. It just keeps on coming… Monday… Tuesday…...
by Celia Bull | Mar 14, 2019 | Selkie Explorers News
This season I am very excited to be working with Angus (“the Otter”) Jenkins, a recent graduate of the BA (Hons) Marine and Coastal Tourism course at the School of Adventure Studies in Fort William. Angus will be bringing his learning and his passion for the sea to...
by Celia Bull | Feb 1, 2019 | Selkie Explorers News
Something we’ve been working on for this year is the concept of “Slow Adventures”. These trips provide our guests with more opportunities to engage with remote, wild and nature-rich places – to journey through breath-taking landscapes at a slower, immersive pace,...
