Arisaig through the eyes of George Riddell

George spent another weekend at Ach na skia Croft in November and struck lucky with some great light, sunsets and a sunrise for taking another batch of photos. Three of my favourite sunset photos are these ones looking across to Eigg.

As always George captured some great wildlife images, such as these of a great northern diver, curlew and hoodie crow and a mink.

The slightly less than wild life also get their photo taken.

You can see more of George's photos on his Facebook page MyWorldMyEyes

Arisaig 2011

I thought I had better emerge from the woodwork and house building to wish our blog followers a very Happy and Prosperous New Year and hope to see you all at Ach na skia Croft this year sometime, whether it's to stay or to hire a kayak or canoe and get out on the water.

If you're wanting to book accommodation for 2011 don't leave it too long as we're filling up fast, especially in Island View for some reason. If you fancy a 2 week break (and who wouldn't - one week is never enough to do all those things you want to do - visit the islands, go on the steam train, visit Knoydart, climb some hills, lie on the beach, read a few books, visit the Outdoor Capital of the U.K. with all it has to offer (Fort William), go to the most westerly point of the British Isles and see the Ardnamurchan lighthouse, or even kayak there!) then we have a special offer for the 2 weeks from 6-20 August, as our son is getting married on the weekend between and we've been invited!

We have missed the worst of the weather here in God's own country and have had more than our fair share of bright, sunny and calm days, with snow on the mountains to make everything postcard-perfect and no difficult road conditions to contend with, though Glenfinnan had its fair share of frost, as usual.

November turned out to be a popular month for kayakers and one happy kayaker has written an article to be published in the Sunday Times this Sunday, 9th. January, so we will be getting a mention I think!