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2025 Islay and Jura Sea Kayak Trip Day 1 Port Askaig to Ardbeg

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2025 Islay and Jura Sea Kayak Trip Day 1 Port Askaig to Ardbeg by Catrionia

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Port Askaig to Ardbeg

Day 1 of our trip started with me mentioning the need for sunscreen for peel-wally people (not quite correctly) and Ella announcing that we were on our own for medical emergencies, as she is not back at work for 6 months.

We left our camp just north of the Feolin Ferry on Jura with enough sunscreen and no medical emergencies.

High tide (a whole 70cm higher than low tide) was at 12:15, so the tide was not due to flow south, our chosen direction, till about 10:30. To make paddling easier, we eddy hopped our way down the coast of Jura, till we reached a small island, Glas Eilean, just offshore. Here we saw deer swimming and jumping through shallow water from the island to the mainland of Jura.

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McArthur’s Head Lighthouse

After elevenses, on the Island (Glas Eilean), we crossed the sound of Islay to continue our paddle along the east coast of Islay. Opposite the bottom of Jura, there is a distinctive lighthouse within a white-walled enclosure.

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