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    MY WILD HOME

    Apr 08, 2021 6 minutes

    It’s one of the most remote places in mainland Scotland – a vast, open, mountainous landscape surrounded by the sea on three sides. And I feel privileged to call it my home.

    The Ardnamurchan Peninsula is a two-hour drive from the nearest towns – the Highland settlements of Oban and Fort William. From the village of Salen, a single-track road enters the peninsula, winding for 20 miles along the shores of Sunart and swinging inland over hills and moors.

    Finally, at the end of the road, lie the western shores of the peninsula, and the tiny settlements of Kilchoan and Portuairk. Standing on the shoreline – the most westerly point in mainland Britain – you can look out and see the islands of Coll and Tyree; to the north, Eigg, Muck, Rum, Canna and Skye; south, the sound of Mull and island of Mull.

    I was first introduced to Ardnamurchan 10 years ago when I arrived for a week’s holiday here with a university friend. I immediately fell in love. The wildlife and the beautiful

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