In this episode I talk with Iain Morrison of Penmore.
Iain runs Turus Mara with his son Colin and wife Pat, and sails daily from Ulva Ferry to Staffa and the Treshnish Isles in the Spring, Summer and Autumn.
We cover a lot of ground in this episode. We talk about growing up in Penmore, going to school at Mornish, where his Mum was the teacher. We talk about his parents, and a little about his grandparents. At one point Iain talks about the evictions, these of course are the clearances.
References are made to Dykes & Agnes, Marky Dan and many more famous local characters.
As a young man Iain was in the merchant navy, and we talk quite a bit about his travels and life at sea.
At one point we talk about the mortality of illegitimate children in the past, which was a real eye opener for me and quite shocking, so just a wee heads up for you that we go into that topic at a certain moment.
There are quite a few terms that I found I needed a bit of definition on, such as Butterworth Watch and Rhumb line, so do check out the website for these and other links.
We met over here at my house on a very windy day, and at certain points you can hear the wind roaring away in the background.
Thanks for listening!
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