http://outerhebrides.pesdablog.com Mike Sullivan, Robert Emmott and Tim Pickering on kayaking in The Outer Hebrides. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:33:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We had our formal launch of the book in An lanntair the art centre in Stornoway on Monday night, it seemed to be a really good night and well supported with around a hundred folk who turned up. Robert gave a brilliant intro to storm paddling in the Islands and ... http://outerhebrides.pesdablog.com/2010/07/06/book-launch/ With kind permission from the Stornoway Gazette, here's a short article which appeared last week by Sheena MacKenzie: The Outer Hebrides – Sea Kayaking Around The Isles & St Kilda by Robert Emmott, Tim Pickering and Mike Sullivan is a brilliant guide to local kayaking routes.  Simple explanations and helpful maps ... http://outerhebrides.pesdablog.com/2010/07/05/26/ It's somewhat dreich here today (and perhaps hard to say where the mist stops and the volcanish ash starts!) so I've been sorting through my photographs of a recent trip to Taransay. This serves as a good reminder of the variability of the weather in the islands and that when it's fine April is a great time of year for camping, with ... http://outerhebrides.pesdablog.com/2010/05/05/sunshine-on-taransay/ Not only was he brave to be the first to kayak to St kilda he also took on an American warship in his kayak. Hamish Gow was an ardent anti polaris protester when they first started to create a base for the submarines at Holy loch in 1961,how strange it ... http://outerhebrides.pesdablog.com/2010/05/01/protest-by-kayak/ Looking forward to seeing Monty Hall's St Kilda feature on BBC2 this week. There is a good section on it in the new guidebook but reading about it and watching it on telly still won't prepare you for actually being there, truly awesome. When Tim was there he took some ... http://outerhebrides.pesdablog.com/2010/04/25/st-kilda/ Tune in next week as Monty is off to St Kilda. John Crace of the Guardian has this (and more) to say about the program: "The basic premise is that Monty and his telegenic black labrador Rubes will spend six months in the Hebrides working as a volunteer nature warden. ... http://outerhebrides.pesdablog.com/2010/04/23/monty-halls-great-hebridean-escape-on-bbc2/ The finish is in sight. It has been a long time coming and a lot of work and time to get this book ready. I really admire the previous guidebook writers who have done this on their own it was hard enough with three of us writing it. So really ... http://outerhebrides.pesdablog.com/2010/02/08/at-last/ http://outerhebrides.pesdablog.com/2010/02/08/st-kilda-by-video/ The isle of St Kilda is as remote as you will find in the British isles and it holds a particular mystique for sea kayakers. This summer the first guidebook to sea kayaking the magical isles of the Outer Hebridesis due for publication from a team of three local authors, ... http://outerhebrides.pesdablog.com/2010/02/08/the-outer-hebrides-sea-kayaking-around-the-isles-st-kilda/