{"id":1384,"date":"2012-07-22T19:23:06","date_gmt":"2012-07-22T18:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=1384"},"modified":"2012-07-22T19:24:41","modified_gmt":"2012-07-22T18:24:41","slug":"summer-isles-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bl6.co.uk\/wordpress\/2012\/07\/22\/summer-isles-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Isles article"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently received this wonderful article on our Summer Isles sea kayaking trip earlier in the year. It brought back some special memories for me. Thanks to Richard Castro for permission to republish it here:
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I recently received this wonderful article on our Summer Isles sea kayaking trip earlier in the year. It brought back some special memories for me. 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