We were now travelling north up the wild, exposed, tide swept and remote west coast of the Mull of Kintyre.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the topography, we met a counter eddy running south to
Rubha Duin Bhain, which formed a distinct eddyline as it swirled round the headland and joined the main north going stream. This can be a violently rough race in windy conditions but all was calm when we passed. The chart shows a spring rate of 3.5knots here with overfalls and even at neeps we were travelling at 9km/hr with little paddling effort.
This time the swell made landing at
Innean Glen impossible...
...but you can read about a
landing with Tony here in 2008...
...when we visited the Sailor's Grave.
The tide swept us relentlessly on, past innumerable boulder fields and...
...bold headlands, all washed by the Atlantic swell.
Beautiful photography. Thanks for sharing your experience...
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