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Rainbow Rock, Rhinns of Galloway
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Leaving Slouchnamorroch Bay, we continued our paddle past cliffs that plunged straight into the sea. Just offshore huge blocks were inclined to the same angle as the cliffs.
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With increasing tidal assistance we made our way round Crammag Head and found ourselves under the rocky ramparts of Dunman Hill. Two millenia ago, ancient Britons held a hill fort on its southern flanks.
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On the north going flood tide (this is looking south) the sea builds up behind this gap and you shoot through the gap like a river rapid.
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Far beneath the summit of Dunman lies the "Y" cave.
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We stopped for a second luncheon of Christmas cake, just south of Portdown Bay, at the stunning Rainbow Rock with its folded strata.
17/02/2008