We slid across a glassy sea towards...
...the Tan which is that...
...narrow strip of water which separates Little Cumbrae from Great Cumbrae. Beyond the Tan the Arran mountains rose steeply from the sea.
As we cleared Farland Point on Great Cumbrae we were able to look back at the little town of Millport but we were not tempted by its ice cream shops and chip shops and...
...we continued across the Tan towards a...
...very verdant looking...
...Little Cumbrae.
The Tan was uncommonly calm and it was easy...
...to spot the many porpoises that inhabit these waters. In the distance the Arran Ferry MV Caledonian Isles was crossing from Brodick to Ardrossan and Ailsa Craig rose temptingly in splendid isolation on the horizon. So tempting was it that Phil, Tony and I paddled out and camped on the rock just 12 days later.
We could now see our destination for second breakfast...
...the Little Cumbrae castle.
