Isle Martin - one of the Summer Isles of Wester Ross

Scotland Outdoors

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Nature, Society & Culture, Science

4.7 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Mark Stephen visits Isle Martin which forms part of the Summer Isles lying north of Ullapool in Wester Ross. The island is owned by a community trust and one of it's directors, Lesley Strachan shows Mark round the island

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0:44.0	Hello and thank you very much for choosing to listen to this.
0:48.8	I'm Mark Stephen.
0:50.1	This particular podcast features a fascinating wee island,
0:54.3	which lies just three miles north of Allopool and Wester Ross.
0:57.4	Now, it's called Isle Martin and it's owned by the Isle Martin Trust.
1:02.8	One of his directors, Leslie Strachan, met me in the mainland
1:05.5	so that we could take the journey by boat across to this.
1:09.3	It's just an enchanting wee place. It's just perfect for going
1:15.2	across. There's hardly a ripple on the water today and yeah it's not always like this. Generally we can
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