Flannan
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That, in itself, was a concern. Because, in these conditions, it should have been lit. The standing man was Joseph Moore, a lighthouse keeper from the Isle of Lewis. It had been six long days since he’d received orders from the Northern Lighthouse Board to return to his post at Eilean Mor. He had hurriedly made his way to the harbour at Breasclete, where the Hesperus had been waiting to take him to the nearby Flannan Isles, but poor weather had prevented them from sailing until this morning. For him, the journey has been an anxious one.

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That, in itself, was a concern. Because, in these conditions, it should have been lit. The standing man was Joseph Moore, a lighthouse keeper from the Isle of Lewis. It had been six long days since he’d received orders from the Northern Lighthouse Board to return to his post at Eilean Mor. He had hurriedly made his way to the harbour at Breasclete, where the Hesperus had been waiting to take him to the nearby Flannan Isles, but poor weather had prevented them from sailing until this morning. For him, the journey has been an anxious one.