Wildlife & wild food

 All pics Gavin Johnson




         Castlebay, Barra. The castle is 15th century, rebuilt from an earlier castle








                        A diver gave us scallops. These were alive 2 hours ago







Between Hellisay & Gighay, attached to an unused old mussel farm




                                            Golden eagle circled us a few x, then flew off








                                       Mussels for supper




                             Gavin cooked. Incredible feast







                                                  Cormorant sat there all afternoon







                                  Pollock for supper




                       A lot of red deer, North Uist. We saw perhaps 40, in small groups




                         Skye, across the Sea of Hebrides




Minke whale. He circled us a few x. Went under Teddy a few x, white belly facing upwards towards us. He wanted our attention




                                           Mainsail. Soot on corner is from the wood stove



Gavin's wife flew up & met us at Tarbert. Their 28th wedding anniversary.


Gavin leaves us this afternoon. Paul & I to go on to Djupivogur, Iceland, when the weather is a bit better. Currently mild winds from the north for 2 days

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  1. JoshJuly 1, 2026 at 1:00 AM

    Great to see you still eating well Captain. See you very soon, woooohoooo!

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