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North of Bracken Bay we enjoyed a bracing paddle in the dying minutes of the day.
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Behind us the sun had set behind the Heads of Ayr.
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As we came into the shelter of the headland, the conditions moderated.
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A final blaze and the sun was gone.
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We paddled on into the darkness of a mid winter's night.