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Sustainable Expeditions 2009: Circumnavigation on Skye
TRIP PLAN
Other than what's in the first page you come to when to click the link to this exped, the only plan I have is below. It's a rough plan, and will probably change, but a plan none the less.
| Day | Date | Start | Finish | Distance (km) | Key Meetings / Events / Activities | Notes | Breakfast | Lunch | Dinner | |
| -1 | Saturday | 1st August | Stirling | Barra | Pick up boat and all Barra kayaking gear | Cal Mac macaroni | ||||
| 0 | Sunday | 2nd August | Sam in Oban! | Kayak on ferry, drive to White Wave (Sam's car) | Porridge | garden salad | Roast chicken, tatties, carrots | |||
| 1 | Monday | 3rd August | Barra | White Wave Outdoor Centre | Media on departure? | Lift to Uig or Staffin from John. If good weather, get round Rubha Hunish | Porridge | Cal Mac macaroni | potatoes, meat veg, fruit | |
| 2 | Tuesday | 4th August | Uig | Staffin | (lift from someone, with boats) | Local Food Van Drop off at Staffin :) | Eggs / sausages / bread / left overs / porridge | Bread / jam / findings / gatherings | potatoes, meat veg, fruit | |
| 3 | Wednesday | 5th August | Staffin | Portree | 30 | Eggs / sausages / bread / left overs / porridge | Bread / jam / findings / gatherings | potatoes, meat veg, fruit | ||
| 4 | Thursday | 6th August | Portree local produce sale. Media stuff? Update blog | Stock up on food. Pick up food from Deirdre/Bill Peppe and others. | Eggs / sausages / bread / left overs / porridge | Bread / jam / findings / gatherings | potatoes, meat veg, fruit | |||
| 5 | Friday | 7th August | Portree | Kyleakin | 40 | through Kyle Rhea PM if good | Eggs / sausages / bread / left overs / porridge | Bread / jam / findings / gatherings | potatoes, meat veg, fruit | |
| 6 | Saturday | 8th August | Hunting / gathering | Eggs / sausages / bread / left overs / porridge | Bread / jam / findings / gatherings | potatoes, meat veg, fruit | ||||
| 7 | Sunday | 9th August | Kyleakin | Point of Sleat | 45 | Media for half way through? Update blog. | through Kyle Rhea AM if good | Eggs / sausages / bread / left overs / porridge | Bread / jam / findings / gatherings | potatoes, meat veg, fruit |
| 8 | Monday | 10th August | Hunting / gathering | Eggs / sausages / bread / left overs / porridge | Bread / jam / findings / gatherings | potatoes, meat veg, fruit | ||||
| 9 | Tuesday | 11th August | Point of Sleat | Loch Bracadale | 60 | Stay in B&B at Harlosh? local produce from Orbost. Good camping on Harlosh Island | Eggs / sausages / bread / left overs / porridge | Bread / jam / findings / gatherings | potatoes, meat veg, fruit | |
| 10 | Wednesday | 12th August | Hunting / gathering | Meet Fiona/Roger in Orbost – herbs, veg, eggs | Eggs / sausages / bread / left overs / porridge | Bread / jam / findings / gatherings | potatoes, meat veg, fruit | |||
| 11 | Thursday | 13th August | Loch Bracadale | Waternish Point | 55 | (Market Stall – Portree) | Eggs / sausages / bread / left overs / porridge | Bread / jam / findings / gatherings | potatoes, meat veg, fruit | |
| 12 | Friday | 14th August | Hunting / gathering. | Local Food Van Drop off at Stein :) | Eggs / sausages / bread / left overs / porridge | Bread / jam / findings / gatherings | potatoes, meat veg, fruit | |||
| 13 | Saturday | 15th August | Waternish | Uig (via Talisker distillery?) | 30 | Celebrating! Media on finish? Update blog. | possibly round to Staffin to do round trip | Eggs / sausages / bread / left overs / porridge | Bread / jam / findings / gatherings | potatoes, meat veg, fruit |
| 14 | Sunday | 16th August | Skye | Stirling / Sam's home | Return from Skye to Stirling – boat? | |||||
| 260 |
(290 if we go to Staffin) |
It'd be great to have some friends along if you fancy it. Have a look and see which bits you'd feel confident doing and give me a phone and hopefully we can sort something out. Equally, if you're in the world of media and would like to help me get some media coverage of this, for example TV/radio interviews, newspapers interviews, events, etc, feel free to give me a call on (I'm loathed to put my mobile number on a website, but here goes) 07876 370 532.
If you have any ideas for things that we could do on the website, or if you would like to know more about the expeditions, or if you would like to get involved then please get in touch, or if you want to get in touch for any other reason please e-mail info@sustainableexpeditions.org
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