A WILDLIFE enthusiast is hoping to become the first person to run and swim the length of the Outer Hebrides.
James Armour, 25, will set off on August 9 next year from Barra Head for the Butt of Lewis.
He was inspired to take up the challenge after being amazed at the rich diversity of Scotland’s sea life, which includes basking sharks, killer whales and bottlenose dolphins.
Armour, who lives in Oban, will swim from Barra Head Lighthouse to Vatersay and then run over to Barra. He will then swim from Barra to Eriskay, where he will run around 60 miles through South Uist, Benbecula and North Uist to Berneray, before swimming across to Harris. The last stage will be an 80-mile run from Leverburgh, Harris to the Butt of Lewis, Isle of Lewis – totalling 185 miles.
Armour, a project manager for a green technology firm, wants to complete it in just three days.
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