We crossed the great sweep of Brodick Bay, which is skirted by beautiful reddish sands. Until very recently you would not have chosen to go for a summer swim in this lovely spot due to the dreaded Clyde bananas. However, in 2005 the crude sewage outfall was finally replaced by a new sewage treatment system.
A side effect of the building of this system is that Brodick now has a new public slipway. This is conveniently situated close to the ferry pier. We leaned back and pulled our kayaks up the slip on their trolleys as the snow clouds started to gather again round Arran's rocky ridges.
It had been a long hard paddle and we were both suffering from an unslaked thirst as we turned to take a first look at Brodick....
18/03/2008
Slightly off topic, but if true, perhaps we could name them Bush Bananas here in the States:
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Peter, I love the appropriate alliteration!
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