In July 2011 Cape Farewell embarked on a month-long expedition by boat across the Scottish Islands, bringing the notion and experience of expedition home to the UK, with an exploration of island ecologies and cultures, and of the strategies for sustainable and resilient futures being implemented across the Scottish Isles. More ›
The expedition crew of 40 includes island artists, storytellers, film makers, playwrights, architects, designers, musicians, community leaders, social scientists, ecologists, marine biologists, oceanographers, poets, acclaimed Gaelic singers and a chef.
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eyebright and kidney vetch
but it’s ladies’s vetch
that thickens milk
by rye and bere and
cousins of corn-buntings
dulse dulls in dry warmth
it will shine maroon in broth
as residue of other
seaweed tribes
filters to ragworm and
in turn
to dunlin
Joins the expedition for week 3
Ian Stephen's poetry, short fiction and non-fiction have been published in many countries including Australia, Canada and the Czech Republic. He has published many collections of poetry and one of short stories. He travels widely to perform his poems and stories and to tell traditional stories and his work often involves navigation.
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