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Well, last year we did the western isles because we had pretty much stretched as far as we could for a two week holiday.  Jen wanted to do another big trip, and Robert was keen to take the boat over Sweden - so plans were made.  Unfortunately, we didn’t quite pull that off, due to problems finding a home for Honu over the winter in Sweden, so we hurriedly put together a trip to Shetland instead.  On our Orkney holiday, Shetland was just a step too far north, and on our Iceland/Faroes trip, it was too far east!  However, this time, we already had plans to go thru the Caledonian Canal, so Shetland would be perfect.

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Oh … did I not mention that afterour attempts in 2007 and 2008, we can now finally say that we’ve completed the Scottish Islands Peak Race! Get in!  Ultimate respect to our runners Ben and Bruce who pushed themselves through this grueling event!  As usual, the weather proved interesting with wind over tide around the mull.  There’s various stories online of boats that struggled to get round.  Being in a bigger boat, we weren’t too bad, but our trip from Jura to Arran took us something stupid like 36 hours!?!  Anyway, of the 40 odd boats that started, less than 20 finished it.  I think we came 10th overall, but to be honest, we weren’t really in it to win it!

Ever since our first sailing holiday to Ireland, our plans have become grander ever year.  We’ve sailed a the full length of the UK, stretched as far north as we go, and gone as far west.  We’ve always promised to go on a nice ‘easy’ trip around the western isles of Scotland, but we always seem to pass them by enroute to somewhere else.  However, this year, we did it. We had the same boat, the usual crew, but this time, two weeks to kill and absolutely no plan!

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I was in the market for a new PC and, with all the hype, I thought it might be interesting to try the Mac life for a while.  I certainly wasn’t brave (or feeling flush) enough to splash out on a nice Mac Pro, so instead, with a little help from a friend, I built a Hackintosh!  For those not in the know, new Mac desktops and laptops run on Intel hardware, and with a little bit of work, you can convince OSX to run on commodity PC hardware.

I’ll post my thoughts on Leopard later, but in the meantime, I thought some might appreciate a how-to.

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Well, some may say it was inevitable, others might say its overdue, but on Christmas day, Jen accepted my proposal, and we’re now in the throws of organising the wedding! There is a Wedding Website that is currently limited to those who have been invited, but may be made public after the wedding.

[23/06/08] Update: Wedding photos are now online!  (more to come!)