Crossing the Tan, which is the channel separating the Great and Little Cumbrae isles, we came across this funny looking buoy (No 38) with a top that looked like an upside down bishop's hat. There were no directions on it so we proceeded in a southerly direction...
...and were soon paddling down...
...the series of raised beaches which characterise the west coast of Little Cumbrae.
Assisted by wind and tide, we swept past the old and new lighthouses.
But it was cold. The chill wind blew right from Valhalla, in the cold wastes of Asgard.