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Gallery of Rust<br />
Page 36<br />
<strong>Scottish</strong> Seabirds New Marine Protected Area<br />
Page 8<br />
Page 20<br />
SCOTTISH ISLANDS EXPLORER JANUARY / FEBRUARY <strong>2017</strong> Volume 18 / Issue 1<br />
Editor<br />
John Humphries<br />
editor@scottishislandsexplorer.com<br />
01379 890270<br />
Publisher<br />
Tom Humphries<br />
publisher@scottishislandsexplorer.com<br />
Production Design<br />
Deborah Bryce<br />
production@scottishislandsexplorer.com<br />
Proof Reader<br />
Melanie Palmer<br />
Circulation and Enquiries<br />
Steve Tiernan<br />
www.magazineworkshop.co.uk<br />
01422 <strong>41</strong>0615<br />
Regular Contributors<br />
Tom Aston<br />
Roger Butler<br />
Marc Calhoun<br />
Richard Clubley<br />
James Hendrie<br />
Mavis Gulliver<br />
Jack Palfrey<br />
James Petre<br />
Stephen Roberts<br />
Andrew Wiseman<br />
Administration<br />
Ravenspoint Press Ltd<br />
Kershader Isle of Lewis HS2 9QA<br />
01851 830316<br />
info@scottishislandsexplorer.com<br />
www.scottishislandsexplorer.com<br />
Published bi-monthly<br />
Printed by Buxton Press Ltd<br />
Palace Road Buxton SK17 5AE<br />
01298 212000<br />
Next issue on sale: 18 <strong>Feb</strong>ruary <strong>2017</strong><br />
©Ravenspoint Press Ltd<br />
All rights reserved.<br />
ISSN: 1476-6469<br />
Distribution<br />
Warners Group Publications Plc<br />
The Maltings West Street<br />
Bourne Lincolnshire PE10 9PH<br />
01778 391000<br />
Front Cover<br />
Image of an Atlantic Grey Seal<br />
by Roger Butler<br />
CONTENTS<br />
4 Editor John Humphries and Guest Columnist Terry Marsh<br />
5 Vision for 2020 with A Town Walk, the Quiz and Collectors’ Copies<br />
6 Insights One Books on Mapping, Imaging and Reflecting on <strong>Islands</strong><br />
7 Insights Two about Shipping Movements on the Sound of Harris<br />
8 <strong>Scottish</strong> Seabird <strong>Islands</strong> - Part One<br />
Richard Clubley focuses on the wilderness<br />
13 House on the Point - Ullapool<br />
Jack Palfrey experienced pleasures in all directions<br />
15 <strong>Islands</strong> Beyond<br />
Tom Aston looks south towards Laurie Island<br />
16 ‘A Good Enough Day’<br />
Alayne Barton on Rousay, 45 years after George Mackay Brown<br />
20 New Marine Protected Area in Wester Ross<br />
Lizzie Williams celebrates initiatives, but is cautious on implementation<br />
24 Readers’ Opportunities One<br />
Whisky, Warmth, Winter and Signage<br />
25 Readers’ Opportunities Two<br />
Ben Buxton has been drawn to Mingulay … are you?<br />
26 Centrepiece<br />
Stewart Dawber is keen to develop his sense of wilderness<br />
28 The Atlantic Grey Seal<br />
Roger Butler is inquisitive about them<br />
32 A History of Lismore<br />
Gordon Eaglesham learnt more<br />
36 A Gallery of Rust<br />
Seth Cook takes delight in the decayed<br />
40 Apostle of Land Reform<br />
Andrew Wiseman assesses John Murdoch of Islay<br />
43 A Short Hop to Papa<br />
James Hendrie takes the trip<br />
46 Island Nurses<br />
Tom Aston learnt from Catherine Morrison about Hebridean Heroines<br />
48 Responses<br />
Declan O’Byrne has re-created journeys to the islands<br />
49 Crossword Sponsored by the <strong>Islands</strong> Book Trust<br />
Tom Johnson confronts crossword-puzzlers with his 26th challenge<br />
50 Island Incidents<br />
Mike Heslop wonders whether clockwise or anti-clockwise around Seil<br />
JANUARY / FEBRUARY <strong>2017</strong> SCOTTISH ISLANDS EXPLORER 3
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