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Flat calm start to the day.
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We took the ferry to Bute then headed over the West Kyle of Bute to Ardlamont Point on the mainland.
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We then headed down pat the west side of Inchmarnock before heading back to Bute.
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Of course it did not stay calm and we had a brisk paddle into the wind for the last 9km.
It does not end there. I got the car stuck in the mud just as it was getting dark and the rain started and we only had 30 mins to catch the last ferry! Fortunately a friendly farm lad came with a very large JCB and pulled me out with a huge chain. (I had my tow hitch on.) We made the ferry by the skin of our teeth.
What a day!