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Monthly Archive:: June 2018

Imagine life without the Interconnector

Back on familiar ground with today’s blog – wind farms. It’s a guest blog, though, and I am very pleased indeed to be able to share this piece with you, from none other than Alastair McIntosh, a man widely regarded […]

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Posted by KatiePosted in Opinion, Renewables
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It’s all over for NY2SY after harrowing Atlantic rescue

Solo ocean rower Niall Iain Macdonald, 44, has been rescued from his boat, ALBA, today (Friday) after his cabin was swamped and his systems started to fail during heavy seas. It’s been a terrifying ordeal – but he is “just […]

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Posted by KatiePosted in NY2SY, Outdoors
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Ocean rower Niall Iain is a quarter of the way home!

Adventurer Niall Iain Macdonald is more than a quarter of the way home in his epic NY2SY challenge, where he is attempting to row the North Atlantic solo, from the east coast of America to Stornoway.  Niall Iain’s weather router […]

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Posted by KatiePosted in NY2SY, Outdoors
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US Coast Guard saves the day after Niall Iain’s rudder breaks

Niall Iain Macdonald continues to make progress in his NY2SY Solo North Atlantic Row – after a broken rudder threatened to end his challenge for good. Niall Iain’s boat, ALBA, sustained the damage on Monday night in heavy weather, leading […]

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Posted by KatiePosted in NY2SY, Outdoors
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A story of survival amid the pain

I’ve never had a response to a story like the one I had this past week, to the tale about Alex Dan – my uncle, who made history by undergoing the first lung transplant in Europe in a bid to […]

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Posted by KatiePosted in Family, Gaelic
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