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Luing, one of the little-known Slate Islands in the Inner Hebrides, has a remote new holiday bolt hole with cosily elegant interiors. Antonia Quirke checks in
There was not much room below the deck of the 34ft yacht as I bowed my head to follow Russ Fairman down into the cramped cabin of Mintaka. The cabin was smaller than that of Héloïse, our own yacht moored further down the pontoon in Oban Marina, and I wondered how Russ and his rotating.
Saint Columba is well known for bringing Christianity to Scotland 14 centuries ago, but he was only one of the pioneers who braved the stormy waters from Ireland to the Hebrides to preach the Word of God.