Jim and I met at the recently restored
Portencross Castle on the Ayrshire coast of the Firth of Clyde. Normally we launch down slippy rocks from the car park but recently my knee has been really bothering me and the rocks were not an option. We therefore used our trolleys to carry the kayaks a few hundred meters to the
little beach by the castle.
Tony and Gavin were on a camping trip round Bute and had arrived at Glencallum Bay at 10pm the previous night. We hoped to meet them at Garroch Head.
This was Jim's first outing (in home waters) of his new
Rockpool Taran. A gusty NW wind slowed our crossing and...
...by the time we rounded Garroch Head and landed at
Dunagoil Bay, we had missed Tony and Gavin.
After a quick luncheon spent admiring Jim's paint job...
...we departed from Dunagoil as heavy clouds rolled in, obscuring the Arran mountains.
We soon passed
Dunstrone, which like Dunagoil, has an Iron Age hill fort on its summit.
We left Dunagoil and Dunstrone on the horizon behind us and landed at
Scalpsie Bay, where we eventually caught up with...
...Tony and Gavin.
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