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Richard’s brother, Malcolm, bought him a bottle of gin from the North Uist Distillery for a significant birthday and gave us the challenge to keep the empty bottle and have it refilled when we visited the Outer Hebrides. So after confirming the bus times with the nice lady in the ferry terminal we were soon […]

The forecast was for moderate northerly winds so we set off with a reefed mainsail only to find that once outside the loch there was only a gentle breeze. With the wind direction it was going to be difficult to make Loch Maddy on North Uist without a lot of tacking (not our strong point

Left Canna on a perfectly still fine morning and headed north to Skye. The sea was like a mirror but the forecast is for northerly winds so if we are to make it to North Uist the further north we start the less hard work sailing to windward we have to do. There was hardly

Woke up to a perfectly still and bright morning so after breakfast we inflated the dinghy ready to go ashore. A little cruise ship arrived at the same time which was a bit worrying. After a career in the cruise industry, Richard understands the impact of cruise tourists on small destination islands!!! We rowed ashore

A bit of a wet overcast morning, but the forecast was for better weather tomorrow, or so Kenny told us!!. After filling up with water and doing some last minute shopping, including delicious croissants and sourdough bread from the bakery, we set off the 25 nautical miles for Canna after waiting for the “all clear”