Comments on: Kerchink

By: guineapigmum

guineapigmum — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:40:59 +0000

I didn’t see the programme but it was seriously hard work!! Not sure what the outcome is (it was only September when we did it) but we didn’t get the whole island cleared. I suspect they won’t know for a year or so.

By: Lynne Lewis

Lynne Lewis — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:56:31 +0000

I’m very impressed and saw the programme with Bill Bailey on Craigleith all fascinating stuff. Did the clearing work in the end or is it still being monitored.

By: guineapigmum

guineapigmum — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:04:20 +0000

I’ve had quite a number of meetings with minkes and basking sharks from small boats around the UK and it’s always a huge wow! We were also on the small isles a couple of years ago and saw a basking shark in the bay on Eigg and several whales & dolphins from the ferries. One of the boys spent the entire trip from Eigg on the deck in the rain looking for large animals, with great success. We’d had an idyllic few days and were camped on Eigg on the most unbelievably wonderful campsite when we saw the weather heading for us from the south. It was a mad dash to bundle everything into the tent before the storm struck. Torrential rain didn’t stop for the next fornight - it was the tail end of an American hurricane - and we headed home early. We heard later that there had been a pod of about 20 minkes between Arisaig and Eigg whilst we were on Eigg. Now that would have been a sight!

By: OllieBray

OllieBray — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:12:44 +0000

We kayaked out to the Small Isles a couple of years ago (Rum , Muck Canna etc…). We were luck enough to see two Mink Wales and a Basking Shark from out Kayaks (there quite scary up close). When the weather turns and we got stuck on Rum, we decided to get the ferry back. We ended up seeing another three Wales from the ferry. It was a great trip and a nice part of the world of visit. What great memories! OB