Throughout July we asked you to send in your flash entries about water. It turned out to be a very popular topic with lots of entrants to wade through! There could only be one winner though and we’re pleased to announce Eleanor Fordyce, aged 74 from Angus, swept us away with her poem, “Seafarer”. She … Continue reading The Water – Winning Entry
*no Nessies were harmed during the making of this film. As our sea and water activities-filled July comes to an end, we have one more thing to share with you before we float into August (see what we did there?) We’ve recently learned of a beautiful film made about a group of swimmers who meet … Continue reading Swimming with the Loch Ness Monster
In April 2022, Birlinn (named after a kind of boat commonly used in the West of Scotland) published a repackaged edition of Robin Lloyd-Jones’ 1989 book, Argonauts of the Western Isles, newly titled as Argonauts of the Scottish Isles. That this book has been around on people’s bookshelves and in their imaginations for more than … Continue reading Exploring Scotland’s West Coast
There is something very soothing about the rhythmic sound of paddles dipping in and out of a calm sea, the soft lift of a swell as the tide comes in. Kayaking would have been high on my bucket list if I’d ever thought of making one – but I was in my fifties before I … Continue reading Cold Water Therapy
I guess I am a child of Jacques Cousteau, growing up watching his Undersea World on television, bewitched by the idea of being able to swim free and unencumbered beneath the sea. Gone was the nonsense of heavy lead boots and airpipes trailing down from the surface, where grim faced men turned wheels, pumping air … Continue reading Deep Diving and Inner Space
