Kilda Cruises

25/12/2024

Happy Christmas!
Wishing everyone a great day, wherever you are x

29/09/2024

People will go to great lengths to get to St Kilda.

28/09/2024

28/09/2024

Wow! There really is no place like St Kilda. 🌊

A big thank you to our clients, Kevin and Margaret from Australia, for sending in these stunning shots. 😍

Earlier this month, they embarked on an unforgettable adventure to the remote St Kilda islands with Kilda Cruises. ⛵ Fifty miles west of the Isle of Harris, this UNESCO World Heritage Site is a true escape, home to dramatic cliffs, ancient history, and Europe’s largest seabird colonies.

Have you visited this incredible place? Share your thoughts or dreams about a future trip in the comments! 👇

22/09/2024

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On cup final day the lads will be decked out in gear available on our online club shop. https://www.thefootballnation.co.uk/harris-fc/

Angus Campbell, who pioneered day trips to St Kilda, and operates Kilda Cruises and Isle of Harris Sea Tours has previously sponsored some of our junior teams.

This year he also very generously bought the tracksuits for the senior team.

Support like this helps the club raise the standards year on year, and we are very appreciative of support from local businesses.

For a player or supporter, Harris FC merch is the only thing to be seen in when you’re heading out for a pint on a Saturday night! 😊

19/09/2024

Remembering the artist Norman Ackroyd RA.

We were given the sad news yesterday that Norman had died and it stirred some great memories. Norman contacted us in 2009 to arrange a private charter for the summer of 2010. This wasn't unusual for St Kilda but the scale of the charter was unlike any we had done previously. He wanted to visit St Kilda, the Flannan Isles, North Rona, Sula Sgeir and the Shiant Isles over a two week period.
It was an amazing experience and there is a great photograph -which I wish I could find - of our son, who was about seven at the time, sitting on the deck bench of the Hirta, legs dangling, watching Norman paint in his sketchbook with a frying pan from our galley as a makeshift palette. He had that trait which other very good artists who I have known personally have: an ability to talk to and connect with children as proper, serious wee people. Alexander didn't know that Norman was a printmaker of world stature, he wore it so lightly.
Etching is an art form pretty much unchanged from the medieval era. The image is conjured from copper plate, acid, wax, fire, smoke and inks made from ground peach stones or exotic woods and earthy minerals, and, finally, the experience and touch of the artist.

As part payment for the charter Norman agreed to Angus's request for a print of a particular view. We were thrilled with it and now have three other 'Normans' hanging at home.
This one is prized for its scale and beauty and the legend written in Norman's expressive handwriting - 'Artist's proof for Christina and Angus C'.
Our family will always treasure it.

01/09/2024

Month of September - Remaining availability for St Kilda

We have some remaining availability for trips on the 13th, the 16th and the 18th of September.

All available to book via our website www.kildacruises.co.uk

29/08/2024

29th of August 1930. The evacuation of St Kilda took place at the request of the 36 remaining islanders.
How must they have felt?

22/07/2024

Two places on our website for next Monday/Tuesday 29th/30th July. www.kildacruises.co.uk

16/07/2024

St Kilda Trip - Thursday 18th July
Places available to book online at www.kildacruises.co.uk or contact Angus on 07760 281804

15/07/2024

St Kilda Trip Thursday 18th July - places available.
Four and a half hours ashore at Hirta with a tour of the magnificent stacks and Boreray a highlight.

Departing Leverburgh at 7.45am
£285pp / £255 for 14 and under

More information and online booking at www.kildacruises.co.uk
but please contact us if you have any queries about the trip.