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Showing posts with label Cowall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cowall. Show all posts
Thursday, March 26, 2015

The Kames Hotel, a long way home.

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After our blast up the West Kyle of Bute, we were looking forward to a luncheon in the Kames Hote l... ...we ordered beef and veggie b...
Friday, May 02, 2014

Ardlamont no more....

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 From Kildavanan Bay on Bute we set off across the mouth of the West Kyle of Bute towards...  ...Ardlamont buoy. We were keen to see i...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Between a rock and a contrail on Ardlamont.

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I got up on the sixth day of our expedition after having slept very little. The pain in my injured shoulder had steadily worsened making sl...
Monday, September 16, 2013

Baked potatoes and bandits in Ardlamont.

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As dusk fell the wind dropped and unfortunately that was the signal for the arrival of the midges. We soon had a fire going on the beach. ...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

A peaceful night alone on Ardlamont?

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 At long last we arrived at our camp spot on the Ardlamont peninsula . We had travelled for 12 hours since we had left Gigha which lies of...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Saved by a sundowner in Kilbride Bay.

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We had been travelling for 40km since we had left Gigha earlier in the day and there were still several kilometers to go. I had torn muscl...
Monday, October 04, 2010

An oasis of refreshment and welcome at Colintraive

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The Kyles of Bute between the Cowal peninsula and the island of Bute are great sea kayaking waters. The icing on the cake is the Colintraiv...
Saturday, January 16, 2010

Dunoon, and her unused new pier

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From Hunter's Quay we proceeded down the coast of the Cowal peninsula towards Dunoon. The view to the south was superb with distant view...
Friday, January 15, 2010

A nice shade of grey, in Hunter's Quay

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We crossed the Holy Loch and arrived at Hunter's Quay just after MV Sound of Sanda had landed and was offloading her cars. We quickly m...
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Monday, January 11, 2010

Keeping an eye open for ferries at Gourock

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As we approached Gourock, we came to McInroy's Point , which is the terminus for the Western Ferries route to Hunter's Quay on the C...
Saturday, January 02, 2010

Two piers, a lion and a smokeless chimney

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From Millport Bay, on Great Cumbrae's south coast, we rounded Farland Point and entered the the Fairlie Roads channel. On the far side o...