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Sir: Like many others, I fancy I rely on The Spectator to not only provide a good standard of writing, but a reasonable stan- dard of accuracy. It is therefore disappoint- ing to read an article such as Roy Ker- ridge's 'The Road to the Isles' (22 April) where one knows the facts, and discovers not only poor research, but gross errors.
Mr Kerridge makes the extraordinary statement that 'no one is allowed to land on Rhum except the castle staff . On the contrary — I take at least two groups a year there, and the Nature Conservancy actively encourages visitors, who can either camp or stay in the castle, where the managers, Mr and Mrs MacArthur, will make you warmly welcome. (You have the choice of front of the castle and the Bulloughs' original bedrooms, or back of the castle — former staff quarters, and cheap- er.) The boat does stop there, though not necessarily every day. A check with the
boat's crew would have saved Mr Ker- ridge from at least this gross inaccuracy. Sinclair C. Dunnett
30 Culduthel Road, Inverness
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