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  • A customized caravan sits in the damp woods at the Faslane Peace Camp, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Matt Bury, 52, is one of the camp's 10 full time residents and has been living in this trailer for a year. Painted harlequin-styled diamonds adorn the walls of the van in a personal artistic statement. Calor gas bottles lie on the ground and weeds grow around this semi-permanent site. Faslane Peace Camp is a makeshift political activists' site alongside HM Naval Base Clyde where Trident nuclear deterrent missiles and Vanhuard Class submarines dock. The camp has been occupied continuously, in a few different locations since 12 June 1982. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008.
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  • Sarah Leggitt's estate cottage, a former Smithy with livestock near the coast at Lochbuie, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Sarah and her husband are, like many Mull inhabitants, of English birth. They moved from southern England 6 years ago to work for the Lochbuie Estate and the old Smithy is provided to them as living accommodation. Lochbuie is a settlement on the island of Mull in Scotland about 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Craignure. The name is from the Scottish Gaelic Locha Buidhe, meaning "yellow loch". http://lochbuie.com/Lochbuie
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  • The beautiful landscape of Loch Garry (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Garadhin) Glengarry is seen as a late sun sinks below the mountains of the Scottish Highlands, near Invergarry. In  the foreground we see the foliage of trees of Glengarry Forest that hug the Loch (Lake) and the Western hills in the far distance are near Loch Quoich. Glinting off the near-still fresh water's surface, the pools of shadow and highlights of the sun reflect like a mirror while approaching rain clouds lie across the top on the image like a blanket of bad weather coming soon to this peaceful and unspoilt place. Glengarry is one of Scotland's famous landmarks.
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  • Wrecked fishing boats beached on shore at Salen, Isle of Mull. Lying on their sides, they sit rotting in the harsh northern winters after a lifetime of fishing in the seas off western Scotland. Salen (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sàilean) is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory. The full name of the settlement is 'Sàilean Dubh Chaluim Chille' (the black little bay of St Columba).
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  • A night landscape landscape of the remote Lip na Cloiche, a garden, arts shop and bed+breakfast cottage run by Lucy McKenzie, near Ulva ferry, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Beyond is Loch Tuath and the headland of the Island of Ulva. Lip na Cloiche is a small, densely-planted garden on the Isle of Mull, open to the public. Lip na Cloiche garden is beautifully situated close to the shoreline of the Isle of Mull, and has stunning views of Loch Tuath and the Isle of Ulva. A wide range of such plants is available for sale throughout the year, as well as fresh eggs and many craft items made from locally "found" materials. There is no admission charge. http://www.lipnacloiche.co.uk
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  • An early morning empty landscape showing Loch Scridain landscape near the Old Smithy, Pennyghael, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Loch Scridain is a long sea loch, with a west-south west aspect, on the western, or Atlantic coastline of the island of Mull.
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  • A traditional old croft out-building at Killiemore, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Seen in winter, where the otherwise green bracken is now brown before growth next summer, there is the rusting corrugated roofing and the mossy stone walls that use local materials. The building is only in occasional use for storing farm implements and its small window allows only small amounts of light while retaining what little warmth remains inside.
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  • Local fisherman Neil Cameron shows creel-caught velvet and Green Crab caught between Fionnphort and Iona, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The contents of 500 creels is taken every week by truck and sold to Spain. On each line are 25 creels that are spaced out in different areas of the nearby bays. The main fishing on the Ross of Mull, Ulva Ferry and Tobermory is now is commercial shell fishing with baited traps (creels) for lobsters (homarus gamarus), edible brown crabs (cancer pagurus), Prawn (Norwegian Lobster) and velvet swimming crab (necora puber). Scallop dredgers and Prawn trawlers also operate from both ends of the island, dragging the seabed for their catch. Before the late 1960s shell fishing with creels was generally carried out on a seasonal or part time basis allied to crofting, farming or another shore based job.
    isle_of_mull154-19-11-2011_1.jpg
  • Creel-caught Velvet and Green Crab fished between Fionnphort and Iona, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The contents of 500 creels is taken every week by truck and sold to Spain. On each line are 25 creels that are spaced out in different areas of the nearby bays. The main fishing on the Ross of Mull, Ulva Ferry and Tobermory is now is commercial shell fishing with baited traps(creels) for lobsters (homarus gamarus), edible brown crabs( cancer pagurus), Prawn (Norwegian Lobster) and velvet swimming crab (necora puber). Scallop dredgers and Prawn trawlers also operate from both ends of the island, dragging the seabed for their catch. Before the late 1960s shell fishing with creels was generally carried out on a seasonal or part time basis allied to crofting, farming or another shore based job. Small boats today still operate this way.
    isle_of_mull145-19-11-2011_1.jpg
  • Local fisherman Neil Cameron sails to another location laden with creels filled with Velvet and Green Crab between Fionnphort and Iona, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The contents of 500 creels is taken every week by truck and sold to Spain. On each line are 25 creels that are spaced out in different areas of the nearby bays. The main fishing on the Ross of Mull, Ulva Ferry and Tobermory is now is commercial shell fishing with baited traps(creels) for lobsters (homarus gamarus), edible brown crabs( cancer pagurus), Prawn (Norwegian Lobster) and velvet swimming crab (necora puber). Scallop dredgers and Prawn trawlers also operate from both ends of the island, dragging the seabed for their catch. Before the late 1960s shell fishing with creels was generally carried out on a seasonal or part time basis allied to crofting, farming or another shore based job.
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  • Cottages in the remote bay at Kintra, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The lights are on in the nearest home and a puddle nearby reflects their warmth amid the otherwise bleak winter evening. Kintra is a small settlement on the north coast of the Ross of Mull. The name comes from the Gaelic for 'end of the beach', 'Ceann Tràgha'. It was founded by the 5th Duke of Argyll to provide an income for himself and his tenants through fishing. Originally cottages with thatched roofs did not have gable ends or chimneys but this one has one gable and with a chimney attached.
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  • Detail of an arched stone bridge at Kinlochspelve, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The close-up view shows us the bridge's strength largely given by the beautiful workmanship by those using local materials for this road overpass. Only farm vehicles and small cars generally drive over but such structures need to withstand harsh winters where weather can help them deteriorate. An arch is a structure that spans a space and supports a load. Arches appeared as early as the 2nd millennium BC in Mesopotamian brick architecture and their systematic use started with the Ancient Romans who were the first to apply the technique to a wide range of structures.
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  • Wrecked fishing boats beached on shore at Salen, Isle of Mull. Lying on their sides, they sit rotting in the harsh northern winters after a lifetime of fishing in the seas off western Scotland. Salen (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sàilean) is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory. The full name of the settlement is 'Sàilean Dubh Chaluim Chille' (the black little bay of St Columba).
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  • Duart Castle near Craignure, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Standing proudly on a cliff top guarding the Sound of Mull, Duart enjoys one of the most spectacular and unique positions on the West Coast of Scotland. For over 400 years this has been the base of the Scots Clan Maclean's sea-borne power. Duart was originally a rectangular wall enclosing a courtyard. In 1350 Lachlan Lubanach, the 5th Chief, married Mary Macdonald, the daughter of the Lord of the Isles and she was given Duart as her dowry. In 1691 the Macleans surrendered Duart and all their lands on Mull to the Duke of Argyll. The Castle, although in a fairly ruinous condition was used as a garrison for Government troops until 1751. It was then abandoned until 1910 when it was purchased by Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 26th Chief.
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  • A Caledonian McBrayne ferry sails through the Sound of Mull from Craingure to Oban, seen from Duart Castle, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Caledonian MacBrayne (usually shortened to Cal Mac; Caledonian Mac a' Bhriuthainn in Scottish Gaelic) is the major operator of passenger and vehicle ferries, and ferry services, between the mainland of Scotland and 22 of the major islands on Scotland's west coast. MacBrayne's, initially known as David Hutcheson & Co., began in 1851 as a private steamship operator when G. and J. Burns.
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  • Old tombstone wall in Pennygowan Cemetery (Caol Fhaoileann), Salen Isle of Mull, Scotland. The nearby chapel is referred to both as a 'Chappell' and as a 'paroach'. The building may already have been derelict at this period, although the earliest evidence of its condition dates from 1787 when it was shown as 'an old kirk' on a map of Torosay parish. Salen (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sàilean) is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory
    isle_of_mull317-21-11-2011_1.jpg
  • Two 17th century slabs, each 2.00m in length, bearing full-length effigies of a man and woman in Pennygowan Cemetery (Caol Fhaoileann), Salen Isle of Mull, Scotland. This ruined chapel, which served the north portion of the parish of Torosay, is probably of early 13th century date. No medieval references to it have been identified, and its dedication is unknown. The records of the Synod of Argyll in the middle of the 17th century show some uncertainty as to the status of the charge; it is referred to both as a 'Chappell' and as a 'paroach'. Salen (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sàilean) is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory.
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  • A farm vehicle drives in winter light over the traditional stone bridge built from locally sourced materials over the Allt an Eas River at Eas Falls, near Kilbrennan, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Beneath the bridge is the fast-flowing river that curls downhill, falling steeply into the distant Loch Tuath with the Island of Ulva, the headland beyond. Eas Fors Waterfall is one of the most spectacular waterfalls on the island, situated just off the B8073, a couple of miles North of Ulva Ferry. Eas is Gaelic for waterfall, Fors is Norse for waterfall and the final fall plunges 100 feet over the edge of the cliff to the sea below.
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  • An aerial landscape looking down to the remote Lip na Cloiche, a garden, arts shop and bed+breakfast cottage run by Lucy McKenzie, near Ulva ferry, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Beyond is Loch Tuath and the headland of the Island of Ulva. Lip na Cloiche is a small, densely-planted garden on the Isle of Mull, open to the public. Lip na Cloiche garden is beautifully situated close to the shoreline of the Isle of Mull, and has stunning views of Loch Tuath and the Isle of Ulva. A wide range of such plants is available for sale throughout the year, as well as fresh eggs and many craft items made from locally "found" materials. There is no admission charge. http://www.lipnacloiche.co.uk
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  • From beneath a stone bridge that crosses the Allt an Eas River at Eas Falls, near Kilbrennan, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The fast-flowing river curls downhill under the locally-sourced stonework to soon fall steeply into the distant Loch Tuath with the Island of Ulva, the headland beyond. Eas Fors Waterfall is one of the most spectacular waterfalls on the island, situated just off the B8073, a couple of miles North of Ulva Ferry. Eas is Gaelic for waterfall, Fors is Norse for waterfall and the final fall plunges 100 feet over the edge of the cliff to the sea below.
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  • Rocky boulders that have fallen from cliffs above are seen in front of Tigh SgeirGael - built in 2005 – a self catering cottage sitting just 50 metres from the sea under the magnificent Gribun cliffs at Gribun, Isle of Mull, Scotland. (http://www.accommodationsmull.co.uk/gribun/). The rocky shore nearby are sandstones deposited in a desert region at the same sort of latitude and rather like the Persian Gulf today.
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  • Local fisherman Neil Cameron uses creels to catch Velvet and Green Crab between Fionnphort and Iona, Isle of Mull, Scotland.  Iona, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The contents of 500 creels is taken every week by truck and sold to Spain. On each line are 25 creels that are spaced out in different areas of the nearby bays. The main fishing on the Ross of Mull, Ulva Ferry and Tobermory is now is commercial shell fishing with baited traps(creels) for lobsters (homarus gamarus), edible brown crabs( cancer pagurus), Prawn (Norwegian Lobster) and velvet swimming crab (necora puber). Scallop dredgers and Prawn trawlers also operate from both ends of the island, dragging the seabed for their catch. Before the late 1960s shell fishing with creels was generally carried out on a seasonal or part time basis allied to crofting, farming or another shore based job.
    isle_of_mull144-19-11-2011_1.jpg
  • Local fisherman Neil Cameron hauls up creels filled with Velvet and Green Crab between Fionnphort and Iona, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The contents of 500 creels is taken every week by truck and sold to Spain. On each line are 25 creels that are spaced out in different areas of the nearby bays. The main fishing on the Ross of Mull, Ulva Ferry and Tobermory is now is commercial shell fishing with baited traps (creels) for lobsters (homarus gamarus), edible brown crabs (cancer pagurus), Prawn (Norwegian Lobster) and velvet swimming crab (necora puber). Scallop dredgers and Prawn trawlers also operate from both ends of the island, dragging the seabed for their catch. Before the late 1960s shell fishing with creels was generally carried out on a seasonal or part time basis allied to crofting, farming or another shore based job.
    isle_of_mull137-19-11-2011_1.jpg
  • Stacked fish boxes on pier head at Fionnphort, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The names of different Scottish fisheries companies are written on the ends of each box that are in bright colours. The aquaculture industry in the Western Isles had its origins in trout and shellfish farming trails in the 1970s. Looking ahead, the best prospects for viable farming of shellfish may be seabed culture of higher value species such as scallops and, in the longer term, crustaceans such as lobster. Extensive cultivation on the seabed is potentially more cost-effective.
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  • The phone box featured in the 1945 film 'I know where I'm Going' at Carsaig Bay, Isle of Mull, Scotland. This remote location is at the end of a 4-5 mile single-track road from a larger road on the Ross of Mull. The famous red phone box at Carsaig was saved by movie fans (you can dial its number +44 (0)1681-704203). In danger of being removed due to lack of use it is now just used by hikers unable to obtain a mobile (cell) phone signal. Fans of the movie rescued the iconic phone kiosk from crumbling. Visited by film buffs, the kiosk now has Historic Scotland list B status because of its part on screen. And during a pilgrimage to celebrate the Powell and Pressburger film’s 65th anniversary, fans noticed that the box was in a poor condition.
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  • Hens peck at deer and goat skulls and antler remains that lie in the rain after the annual cull at the Pennyghael Estate, Isle of Mull, Scotland. In the wet gravel, the heads still have their flesh attached to their sockets and farm livestock are free to clear them before the remains are cleaned again and sent to those who shot these animals, many of which came to this estate on the Ross of Mull from other EU countries. The open seasons for deer stalking in Scotland are: Red deer – stags 1st July – 20th October Red deer – hinds  21st October – 15th February Roe bucks 1st April – 20th October<br />
Fallow bucks 1st August – 30th April.
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  • A now disused stone bridge (only used by grazing cattle) and winter bracken over the Coladoir River on Glen More, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The wide landscape view shows us the bridge's strength largely given by the beautiful workmanship by those using local materials for this road overpass. Only farm vehicles and small cars generally drive over but such structures need to withstand harsh winters where weather can help them deteriorate. An arch is a structure that spans a space and supports a load. Arches appeared as early as the 2nd millennium BC in Mesopotamian brick architecture and their systematic use started with the Ancient Romans who were the first to apply the technique to a wide range of structures.
    isle_of_mull64-18-11-2011_1.jpg
  • Sarah Leggitt feeds her free range livestock on her land and near the Lochbuie estate cottage, a former Smithy with livestock near the coast at Lochbuie, Isle of Mull, Scotland. She and her husband moved from southern England 6 years ago to work for the Lochbuie Estate and the old Smithy is provided to them as living accommodation. Lochbuie is a settlement on the island of Mull in Scotland about 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Craignure. The name is from the Scottish Gaelic Locha Buidhe, meaning "yellow loch". http://lochbuie.com/Lochbuie
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  • Sarah Leggitt feeds her free range livestock on her land and near the Lochbuie estate cottage, a former Smithy with livestock near the coast at Lochbuie, Isle of Mull, Scotland. She and her husband moved from southern England 6 years ago to work for the Lochbuie Estate and the old Smithy is provided to them as living accommodation. Lochbuie is a settlement on the island of Mull in Scotland about 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Craignure. The name is from the Scottish Gaelic Locha Buidhe, meaning "yellow loch". http://lochbuie.com/Lochbuie
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  • A gaggle of six geese waddle down the single-track past Sarah Leggitt's estate cottage, a former Smithy with livestock at Lochbuie, Isle of Mull, Scotland. She and her husband moved from southern England 6 years ago to work for the Lochbuie Estate and the old Smithy is provided to them as living accommodation. Lochbuie is a settlement on the island of Mull in Scotland about 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Craignure. The name is from the Scottish Gaelic Locha Buidhe, meaning "yellow loch". http://lochbuie.com/Lochbuie
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  • First world war memorial to those killed in the parish of Kinlochspelve, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Kinlochspelve Parish Church, a little way off the road to your left. This was built in 1828 to a standard "Parliamentary" design produced by Thomas Telford. Nearby is the parish war memorial. Kinlochspelvie Church has only recently been available to let from Friday to Friday. Also available for Christmas and New Year. (http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/22381/details/mull+kinlochspelve+church/).
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  • Wrecked fishing boats beached on shore at Salen, Isle of Mull. Lying on their sides, they sit rotting in the harsh northern winters after a lifetime of fishing in the seas off western Scotland. Salen (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sàilean) is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory. The full name of the settlement is 'Sàilean Dubh Chaluim Chille' (the black little bay of St Columba).
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  • Two 17th century slabs, each 2.00m in length, bearing full-length effigies of a man and woman in Pennygowan Cemetery (Caol Fhaoileann), Salen Isle of Mull, Scotland. This ruined chapel, which served the north portion of the parish of Torosay, is probably of early 13th century date. No medieval references to it have been identified, and its dedication is unknown. The records of the Synod of Argyll in the middle of the 17th century show some uncertainty as to the status of the charge; it is referred to both as a 'Chappell' and as a 'paroach'. Salen (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sàilean) is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory.
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  • Disused wooden piles at Salen Pier, Salen, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The mailboat service from Oban to Mull traditionally called at Salen pier en route to Tobermory and many people still have fond memories of the Lochinvar.  From 1964 the new ferries required bigger piers and Craignure was established as the main ferry terminus. Salen (Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sàilean) is a settlement on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is on the east coast of the island, on the Sound of Mull, approximately halfway between Craignure and Tobermory. The full name of the settlement is 'Sàilean Dubh Chaluim Chille' (the black little bay of St Columba).
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  • Lone fishing boat makes its way through Loch Na Keal, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The main fishing on the Ross of Mull, Ulva Ferry and Tobermory is now is commercial shell fishing with baited traps (creels) for lobsters (homarus gamarus), edible brown crabs (cancer pagurus), Prawn (Norwegian Lobster) and velvet swimming crab (necora puber). Scallop dredgers and Prawn trawlers also operate from both ends of the island, dragging the seabed for their catch. Before the late 1960s shell fishing with creels was generally carried out on a seasonal or part time basis allied to crofting, farming or another shore based job. Small boats today still operate this way. Loch na Keal National Scenic Area (NSA) embraces the coastline on the West of Mull, from Gribun cliffs to Ulva and Loch Tuath and also includes Inchkenneth, Staffa and the Treshnish Isles.
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  • Old stone cross at the old church at Kilninian Church, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The old church at Kilninian (built 1755) is the site of worship with medieval tombstones dating from the 14th century. It first appears in the records of 1561, where it is stated that the parsonage of 'Keilnoening' had formerly belonged to the Abbot of Iona, one-third of the revenues going to the Bishop of the Isles as was customary in the diocese. It is uncertain whether the church was dedicated to St Ninian, the apostle of Galloway, or to a local saint of the Early Christian period'. It is also believed to have been once known as the Chapel of the Nine Maidens and in Gaelic  'Cill Naoi Nighean', although another possible name was The Church of the Holy Maidens - 'Cill Naoimh Nighean.
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  • The Old Smithy (now a bed and breakfast cottage) at Pennyghael, Isle of Mull, Scotland. A night light still shines across a wet road road, a single-track highway that crosses the Ross of Mull on the southern edge of the Isle in the Inner Hebredes. (http://www.explore-isle-of-mull.co.uk/smithy-house/index.htm)
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  • Local fisherman Neil Cameron shows lobster caught between Fionnphort and Iona, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The contents of 500 creels is taken every week by truck and sold to Spain. On each line are 25 creels that are spaced out in different areas of the nearby bays. The main fishing on the Ross of Mull, Ulva Ferry and Tobermory is now is commercial shell fishing with baited traps (creels) for lobsters (homarus gamarus), edible brown crabs (cancer pagurus), Prawn (Norwegian Lobster) and velvet swimming crab (necora puber). Scallop dredgers and Prawn trawlers also operate from both ends of the island, dragging the seabed for their catch. Before the late 1960s shell fishing with creels was generally carried out on a seasonal or part time basis allied to crofting, farming or another shore based job.
    isle_of_mull158-19-11-2011_1.jpg
  • Stacked fishing Creels are stacked on the quayside at Fionnphort pier head, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The creel is a type of small wicker basket mainly used by anglers to hold fish or other prey. A creel is designed to function as an evaporative cooler when lined with moss and dipped into the creek in order to keep the catch chilled. Caught fish are inserted through a slot in the top which is held in place by a small leather strap.
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  • The phone box featured in the 1945 film 'I know where I'm Going' at Carsaig Bay, Isle of Mull, Scotland. This remote location is at the end of a 4-5 mile single-track road from a larger road on the Ross of Mull. The famous red phone box at Carsaig was saved by movie fans (you can dial its number +44 (0)1681-704203). In danger of being removed due to lack of use it is now just used by hikers unable to obtain a mobile (cell) phone signal. Fans of the movie rescued the iconic phone kiosk from crumbling. Visited by film buffs, the kiosk now has Historic Scotland list B status because of its part on screen. And during a pilgrimage to celebrate the Powell and Pressburger film’s 65th anniversary, fans noticed that the box was in a poor condition.
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  • A stone wall detail at the Old Smithy, Pennyghael, Isle of Mull, Scotland. In a close-up view, we see the tight fitting stones interlocked to provide strength as well as security for this domestic property. Their are few weeds telling us the wall is well-maintained and it is likely that only local materials have been used in this and other buildings. The origins of building in dry stone, i.e. without the use of mortar, are lost in the mists of antiquity. The use of stone in various builds such as funeral chambers and living accommodation date from the Stone and Iron Ages. Regional styles and patterns of construction do vary throughout the country but the principles of construction established thousands of years ago are still practiced to this day. Regrettably, there is little written historical record of those who practiced the craft in the early days.
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  • The remote bus stop at Kinloch crossroads, the junction of B8035 and A849 roads near Pennyghael, Isle of Mull, Scotland. As rain lashes this isolated location that looks towards the mountain pass of Glen More, we see the wet road surface that disappears into the distant moors in cloud and a lone postal box. Mull is served by two public bus companies, Bowmans and and R.N. Carmichael, the former's timetable shows an hourly or 2-hourly service. This shelter is on Bowmans 496 service from Craignure to Bunessan and Fionnphort on the Ross of Mull.
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  • An empty landscape of distant tree and moorland waters on Glen More, Isle of Mull, Scotland.Back on the main A849 road that routes through the valley of Glen More, a 6-mile-diameter crater of an extinct volcano.
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  • A ruined farm building and in the distance, Glen More, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Ruins of old villages are spread throughout Scotland bearing witness to the thousands of people moved by the 'clearances' and economic forces. The Highland Clearances (Scottish Gaelic: Fuadach nan Gàidheal, the expulsion of the Gael) is unclear. But the Clearances were forced displacements of the population of the Scottish Highlands during the 18th and 19th centuries. They led to mass emigration to the coasts, the Scottish Lowlands, and the North American colonies. The clearances were part of a process of agricultural change throughout the United Kingdom. During the Highland Clearances in the 18th and 19th centuries, the population of Mull fell from 10,000 to less than 3,000.
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  • Hanging goose at Sarah Leggitt's Lochbuie estate cottage, a former Smithy with livestock on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. Hanging upside down, the goose has recently been killed for the family to eat in a day or two. Its feathers have been plucked from its body leaving only the wings. Sarah and her husband moved from southern England 6 years ago to work for the Lochbuie Estate and the old Smithy is provided to them as living accommodation. Lochbuie is a settlement on the island of Mull in Scotland about 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Craignure. The name is from the Scottish Gaelic Locha Buidhe, meaning "yellow loch". http://lochbuie.com/Lochbuie
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  • Sarah Leggitt's estate cottage, a former Smithy with livestock near the coast at Lochbuie, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Sarah and her husband are, like many Mull inhabitants, of English birth. They moved from southern England 6 years ago to work for the Lochbuie Estate and the old Smithy is provided to them as living accommodation. Lochbuie is a settlement on the island of Mull in Scotland about 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Craignure. The name is from the Scottish Gaelic Locha Buidhe, meaning "yellow loch". http://lochbuie.com/Lochbuie
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  • A privately-owned self-catering farmhouse at Lochbuie, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Situated under cloud and a hillside behind we see the gravel track leading up to its fron tdoor around wich sheep graze on its land. Its remote location is ideal for those wanting solitude and peace in this beautiful corner of Mull. Lochbuie is a settlement on the island of Mull in Scotland about 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Craignure. The name is from the Scottish Gaelic Locha Buidhe, meaning "yellow loch". http://lochbuie.com/Lochbuie
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  • Please Shut the Gate sign lying on rain-soaked gravel at Kinlochspelve Church House by Thomas Telford on Isle of Mull, Scotland. Kinlochspelvie Church has only recently been available to let from Friday to Friday. Also available for Christmas and New Year. (http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/22381/details/mull+kinlochspelve+church/).
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  • David Reynolds (aka Eco) is a long-term activist, campaigner in the peace movement and resident of the Faslane Peace Camp, Scotland. His home of three years is called the Earth Shack and is largely re-cycled from scrap and garbage found locally on rubbish tips. Eco leans against his garden fence holding a mug of coffee this chilly Sunday morning. Signs of his political beliefs adorn the place: CND logos and Peace on Earth statements. His mother was a ‘Carnie’ (after the word Carnival, someone working on the fairgrounds) so perhaps it’s from her that he more enjoys an alternative outdoor camping lifestyle after a few years in the army. Faslane Peace Camp is a makeshift site alongside Faslane Naval base where Trident nuclear deterrent missiles and submarines dock. The camp has been occupied continuously, in a few different locations, since 1982.
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  • Highlander effigy on an outside wall of Old Ferry House, now a remote self-catering house at Grasspoint, Loch Don, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Until 1881 a regular packet boat operated from here between Oban and Grass Point.
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  • The upright remains of a Pennygowan Cemetery (Caol Fhaoileann), Salen Isle of Mull, Scotland. Within the chapel, erected on a modern base, is the lower part of a cross-shaft 1.33m high above ground. On the front there has been a Crucifix; below this a large plant scroll terminates in a griffin. At the foot is a galley with sail set. This cross dates to between 1500 and 1560 and the ruined chapel is probably of early 13th century date. No medieval references to it have been identified, and its dedication is unknown though it is referred to both as a 'Chappell' and as a 'paroach'. The building may already have been derelict at this period, although the earliest evidence of its condition dates from 1787 when it was shown as 'an old kirk' on a map of Torosay parish.
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  • Dome greenhouse overlooking the Sound of Mull, Salen, Isle of Mull, Scotland.
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  • A Longhorn cow and its calf occupy the single-track road at Kilbrennan, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Highland cattle or kyloe are a Scottish breed of beef cattle with long horns and long wavy coats that are coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun. The breed was developed in the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Breeding stock has been exported to the rest of the world, especially Australia and North America, since the early 20th Century. The breed was developed from two sets of stock, one originally black, and the other reddish.
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  • A Longhorn cow overlooking Loch Na Keal, near Araronich, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Highland cattle or kyloe are a Scottish breed of beef cattle with long horns and long wavy coats that are coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun. The breed was developed in the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Breeding stock has been exported to the rest of the world, especially Australia and North America, since the early 20th Century. The breed was developed from two sets of stock, one originally black, and the other reddish.
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  • Ardvergnish farmhouse (c1800) near Pennyghael, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Ardvergnish Farm is seen overshadowed by the southern slopes of Ben More, the mountain that dominates the Ross of Mull in the Inner Hebrides. This farmhouse is now a self-catering establishment for large groups. For those seeking solitude and with the opportunity for remote exploring of nearby moors and hills, Ardvergnish is sought by those wanting a Scottish experience. 460 metres north Dun Breac (an ancient celtic fort).
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  • Roadside milestone between Iona ferry pier and Salen, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The Victorian era iron marker shows it was made in 1897 so has been indicating the mileage for over 110 years during which the isolation of Mull has become a tourist destination for those exploring the Inner Hebrides isles of western Scotland. It lies on the side of the A849 in the small town of Fionnphort on the Ross of Mull from where travellers cross a small sound by ferry to the Holy Isle of Iona, an stone and bronze age then Columban island settlement visited by pilgrims all over the world.
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  • Kyloe Longhorn cattle graze on moorland overlooking Loch Scridain near Killunaig, Pennyghael, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Highland cattle or kyloe are a Scottish breed of beef cattle with long horns and long wavy coats that are coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun. The breed was developed in the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Breeding stock has been exported to the rest of the world, especially Australia and North America, since the early 20th Century. The breed was developed from two sets of stock, one originally black, and the other reddish. Loch Scridain is a long sea loch, with a west-south west aspect, on the western, or Atlantic coastline of the island of Mull.
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  • Kyloe Longhorn cattle graze on moorland overlooking Loch Scridain near Killunaig, Pennyghael, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Highland cattle or kyloe are a Scottish breed of beef cattle with long horns and long wavy coats that are coloured black, brindled, red, yellow or dun. The breed was developed in the Scottish Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland. Breeding stock has been exported to the rest of the world, especially Australia and North America, since the early 20th Century. The breed was developed from two sets of stock, one originally black, and the other reddish.
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  • Beached fishing boat on shore at Pennyghael, Isle of Mull, Scotland. Pennyghael is a small community on the shores of Loch Scridain, and the boat sits rotting in the harsh northern winters after a lifetime of fishing in the seas off western Scotland. Loch Scridain is a long sea loch, with a west-south west aspect, on the western, or Atlantic coastline of the island of Mull.
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  • Sarah Leggitt feeds her free range livestock on her land and near the Lochbuie estate cottage, a former Smithy with livestock near the coast at Lochbuie, Isle of Mull, Scotland. She and her husband moved from southern England 6 years ago to work for the Lochbuie Estate and the old Smithy is provided to them as living accommodation. Lochbuie is a settlement on the island of Mull in Scotland about 22 kilometres (14 mi) west of Craignure. The name is from the Scottish Gaelic Locha Buidhe, meaning "yellow loch". http://lochbuie.com/Lochbuie
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  • A remote public phone kiosk and post box near a cottage home at Pennyghael, Isle of Mull, Scotland. It is early morning as the light still has a pink tint during winter in the Inner Hebrides. Mobile (cell) phone signals are still weak in this area of Scotland so the phone box is used by locals and the many visitors who come this way en route to the Holy Isle of Iona.
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  • Local fisherman Neil Cameron shows lobster caught between Fionnphort and Iona, Isle of Mull, Scotland. The contents of 500 creels is taken every week by truck and sold to Spain. On each line are 25 creels that are spaced out in different areas of the nearby bays. The main fishing on the Ross of Mull, Ulva Ferry and Tobermory is now is commercial shell fishing with baited traps (creels) for lobsters (homarus gamarus), edible brown crabs (cancer pagurus), Prawn (Norwegian Lobster) and velvet swimming crab (necora puber). Scallop dredgers and Prawn trawlers also operate from both ends of the island, dragging the seabed for their catch. Before the late 1960s shell fishing with creels was generally carried out on a seasonal or part time basis allied to crofting, farming or another shore based job.
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  • Loch Fyne in Otter Ferry on the 3rd November 2018 on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in Scotland in the United Kingdom.
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  • Loch Fyne in Otter Ferry on the 3rd November 2018 on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in Scotland in the United Kingdom.
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  • Inver restaurant on the shores of Loch Fyne on the 3rd November 2018 in Strathlachlan in the United Kingdom. Strathlachlan is on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.
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  • Inver restaurant on the shores of Loch Fyne on the 3rd November 2018 in Strathlachlan in the United Kingdom. Strathlachlan is on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.
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  • Sunset at the old Castle Lachlan on the shores of Loch Fyne on the 3rd November 2018 in Strathlachlan in the United Kingdom. Castle Lachlan is a ruined 15th-century castle on the shore of Loch Fyne. Strathlachlan is on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.
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  • The old Castle Lachlan on the shores of Loch Fyne on the 3rd November 2018 in Strathlachlan in the United Kingdom. Castle Lachlan is a ruined 15th-century castle on the shore of Loch Fyne. Strathlachlan is on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.
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  • The old Castle Lachlan on the shores of Loch Fyne on the 3rd November 2018 in Strathlachlan in the United Kingdom. Castle Lachlan is a ruined 15th-century castle on the shore of Loch Fyne. Strathlachlan is on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.
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  • Loch Fyne in Otter Ferry on the 3rd November 2018 on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in Scotland in the United Kingdom.
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  • Inver restaurant on the shores of Loch Fyne on the 3rd November 2018 in Strathlachlan in the United Kingdom. Strathlachlan is on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.
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  • Inver restaurant on the shores of Loch Fyne on the 3rd November 2018 in Strathlachlan in the United Kingdom. Strathlachlan is on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.
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  • The remote Inver restaurant on the shores of Loch Fyne on the 3rd November 2018 in Strathlachlan in the United Kingdom. Strathlachlan is on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.
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  • A female couple on a wooden pier overlooking Loch Fyne in Otter Ferry on the 3rd November 2018 on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in Scotland in the United Kingdom.
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  • Loch Fyne in Otter Ferry on the 3rd November 2018 on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in Scotland in the United Kingdom.
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  • Inver restaurant on the shores of Loch Fyne on the 3rd November 2018 in Strathlachlan in the United Kingdom. Strathlachlan is on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.
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  • The old Castle Lachlan on the shores of Loch Fyne on the 3rd November 2018 in Strathlachlan in the United Kingdom. Castle Lachlan is a ruined 15th-century castle on the shore of Loch Fyne. Strathlachlan is on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.
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  • The old Castle Lachlan on the shores of Loch Fyne on the 3rd November 2018 in Strathlachlan in the United Kingdom. Castle Lachlan is a ruined 15th-century castle on the shore of Loch Fyne. Strathlachlan is on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.
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  • An overcast Loch Fyne on the 3rd November 2018 in Strathlachlan in the United Kingdom. Strathlachlan is on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.
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  • A female couple on a wooden pier overlooking Loch Fyne in Otter Ferry on the 3rd November 2018 on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in Scotland in the United Kingdom.
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  • Loch Fyne in Otter Ferry on the 3rd November 2018 on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in Scotland in the United Kingdom.
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  • Inver restaurant on the shores of Loch Fyne on the 3rd November 2018 in Strathlachlan in the United Kingdom. Strathlachlan is on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.
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  • The remote Inver restaurant on the shores of Loch Fyne on the 3rd November 2018 in Strathlachlan in the United Kingdom. Strathlachlan is on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.
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  • The old Castle Lachlan on the shores of Loch Fyne on the 3rd November 2018 in Strathlachlan in the United Kingdom. Castle Lachlan is a ruined 15th-century castle on the shore of Loch Fyne. Strathlachlan is on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland.
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  • A lone walker passes by a partially-collapsed broken sign announcing the summit of Rannoch Moor, Scotland UK, 1,350 feet above sea level. He is hunched against a driving wind at this altitude and the country he is walking over is bleak and boggy, a wetland high up in the Scottish Highlands. Thick tufts of grass and moss lie about in this tough terrain, held in great affection for long-distance hikers. Rannoch Moor is a large expanse of around 50 square miles (130 km²) of boggy moorland to the west of Loch Rannoch, in Perth and Kinross and Lochaber, Highland, partly northern Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Rannoch Moor is designated a National Heritage site.
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  • Botanica restaurant on the 3rd November 2018 in Tighnabruaich in the United Kingdom.
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  • Devils Pulpit on the 3rd November 2018 in Dumgoyn in the United Kingdom. Long exposure of Devils Pulpit waterfall.
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  • The Oyster Catcher restaurant on the 3rd November 2018 in Otter Ferry in the United Kingdom
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  • A male chef opening an oyster at the Oyster Catcher restaurant on the 3rd November 2018 in Otter Ferry in the United Kingdom
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  • A male chef opening an oyster at the Oyster Catcher restaurant on the 3rd November 2018 in Otter Ferry in the United Kingdom
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  • Devils Pulpit on the 3rd November 2018 in Dumgoyn in the United Kingdom. Long exposure of Devils Pulpit waterfall.
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  • Steep steps leading into Devils Pulpit on the 3rd November 2018 in Dumgoyn in the United Kingdom.
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  • The Oyster Catcher restaurant on the 3rd November 2018 in Otter Ferry in the United Kingdom
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  • Vinnie Browse switches off his overhead reading light in his Junior Rating bunk aboard HMS Vigilant, a 16,000 ton, 150m long Vanguard class nuclear submarine while moored at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, Scotland. Vigilant has a crew of 140 men and when at sea, only incoming communication, family-grams, are allowed so many months away on operational duty can be tough on home life. On-board entertainment is therefore important for morale. The Vanguard Class SSBN (Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear) provides the United Kingdom's strategic nuclear deterrent and carries Trident II ballistic missiles, powered by a pressurised water reactor (PWR) fuelled by a ton of fissionable uranium elements producing huge amounts of energy. Image taken for the 'UK at Home' book project published 2008.
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  • Boxes of Scottish shrimp lies on the ground in at Tarbert, Mull of Kintyre, Argyll & Bute, Scotland UK. The boxful of freshly-caught shrimp has been landed on the quayside of this quiet community in the western Isles. The trawlermen fish around the Scottish western isles on the edge of the Atlantic in a well-maintained boat that helps him make his livelihood dependent of fisheries policy and EU quotas that dictate how much they're allowed to catch per day/per week.
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  • With his home village seen in the background across the bay, a fishermen unloads his catch of Scottish shrimp watched by an elderly gent in at Tarbert, Mull of Kintyre, Argyll & Bute, Scotland UK.. The boxful of freshly-caught shrimp is being landed on the quayside of this quiet community in the western Isles. The trawlerman fishes around the Scottish western isles on the edge of the Atlantic in a well-maintained boat that helps him make his livelihood dependent of fisheries policy and EU quotas that dictate how much they're allowed to catch per day/per week.
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