Way Out West
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Club flyout to the west coast. At last the weather allows a flyout to take place again, although it did try its best to prevent us from leaving on Friday. Base camp for two nights was established on the Gigha airstrip from which some went to Northern Ireland and my mini-squadron flew to the Island of Coll, for a bbq lunch on the sand dunes, and Mull, via a spectacular Hebridean backdrop. And challenged myself to grab a photo of each final approach - without crashing!
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On the way. Arran broods in..
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Over Goat Fell on Arran
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Gigha ahead, with Islay bey..
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Descending over the village..
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Final approach at Gigha fro..
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Base camp
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Trikes, tents and turbines
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Twin beaches on Gigha where..
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Kim over Jura, Scarba and t..
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Small plane, big landscape...
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The ever-spectacular Calgar..
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Island of Coll with Tiree i..
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Descending to the amazing n..
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Unmistakable Hebridean beac..
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Final approach to Coll
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Kim lands at Coll
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Gordon and Jill about to la..
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Coll Aerodrome
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Welcome to Coll
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Are they trying to tell us ..
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Cows on the beach, Coll
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Lunch in the dunes on Coll
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Me and my microlight at Col..
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Kim lines up for departure ..
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Amazing north-west coast of..
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Amazing north-west coast of..
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Yet more white sand and tur..
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Almost at the north end of ..
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Northern tip of Coll
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Glenforsa airfield, Mull
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Final approach to Glenforsa..
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Refilled with tea and petro..
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Lined up for takeoff from M..
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Mull magic
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The bridge over the Atlanti..
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Home sweet home - Gigha app..
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Gigha
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Final approach to Gigha - e..
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Tied down for another night..
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Microlights put to bed so t..
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Achamore Gardens, Gigha. Wa..
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Achamore Gardens
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Newly-wed microlighters, Da..
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Flying team - Natalie, Davi..
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Microlights at Gigha ready ..
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Homeward bound, over Bute
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Nearly home
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Watching the jets land bene..
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