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鈥楪ateway to hell鈥� 鈥� the treacherous strait of water that nearly killed literary legend George Orwell

20 November 2017

While his remote lodgings on the Isle of Jura, accessible only by a five mile walk, offered him the peace and quiet to work on his final novel, 1984, George Orwell’s time in the Inner Hebridies was not without incident.

During a break in writing, Orwell’s boat .

The writer, and his young son Richard, had to scramble to a small, rocky island to be rescued by passing lobster fisherman.

Corryvreckan is .

, funnelling in at great force.

An underwater basalt pillar known as ‘The Old Hag’ then forces the tidal water upwards, as the water smashes off the sides of the channel, resulting in the whirlpool.

The wild waters of the Corryvreckan whirlpool

Witness the wild frenzy known as the Corryvreckan.

David Aaronovitch traces how a decade of political chaos shaped Orwell鈥檚 vision of a totalitarian future.

Paul Murton joins rally car driver Louise Thomas for a tour of the island at break neck speed and discovers that being the navigator is more demanding than he expected.
Paul Murton visits Lunga, one of the Treshnish Islands, which is home to a colony of puffins and witnesses how these beautiful little birds charm all who meet them.
Paul joins a dedicated group of islanders from Islay who have revived the sport of coastal rowing and is determined to hold his own in a skiff race.
Every year Easdale Island hosts the World Stone Skimming Championships and Paul Murton is given a lesson on how best to 鈥渟kim鈥� by local expert Donald Melville.