It was time for a holiday. I’d worked pretty much every day in May and June and was looking forward to a short break out west, to the Isle of Rum.
Rum is in the Inner Hebrides, one of four islands that make up the Small Isles; with Eigg, Muck and Canna. Rum is the largest, highest, wildest and least populated of the Small Isles. At one time it was a sporting estate owned by the hugely wealthy George Bullough, but in 1957 it was sold to the Government and is currently in the care of Scottish Natural Heritage, protected and managed as a National Nature Reserve.
Our ferry journey was choppy. I’ve done this trip before and seen passengers, initially excited by the roller-coaster motion, slowly succumb to seasickness. Positioned in the middle of the boat we faired not to bad, but it was tiring nonetheless. The highlight of…
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