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A WHOLE NEW WORLD The water is too clear to resist a swim before enjoying some food and a whisky in front of the fire before calling it a night . Still under the grasp of the gulf , we set an early alarm before heading for the mainland in beautiful but eerily still waters . With dense fog rolling in , it was completely impossible to tell where the sea ended and the sky began ; we were well and truly in the white room . Admittedly , navigation proved to be more demanding but breaking trail through these silver glassy waters felt like we ’ d entered a whole new world . The serenity is only broken by fleeting dolphins , flocks of birds and our ever present entourage of seals . The cloud eventually surrendered to the overpowering morning sunshine and we land back on the mainland to finish a trip of a lifetime . We faced rough seas , high winds , heavy rain , dense fog and I loved every single moment . With hundreds of islands in Scotland alone , the majority of those without any human population , there is a lifetime of wilderness to explore and a sea kayak might just be the way to do it .