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Showing posts with label Loch Long. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Loch Long. Show all posts
Saturday, December 18, 2010

Sea kayaking to Lochgoilhead from Arrochar, Loch Long

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A 25km day trip from Arrochar at the head of Loch Long to Lochgoilhead at the head of Loch Goil. Entering Loch Goil from Loch Long.  Hun...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

War and peace at Carraig nan Ron.

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Carraig nan Ron (seal rock) is a navigational hazard to both the warships and civilian ships that ply Loch Long. It lies off the point which...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

The mark of a good bothy.

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We stopped by one of the few beaches on Loch Long and enjoyed an excellent luncheon in this sheltered spot. We could not stay long  as we ...
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Friday, November 19, 2010

Two million barrels of crude in Loch Long.

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 Leaving the Ark Royal we continued SW down Loch Long. As we cleared Cnap Point a Very Large Crude Carrier all but obliterated the view ahea...
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Thursday, November 18, 2010

HMS Ark Royal, final voyage to Scotland.

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This is what we had come to see. HMS Ark Royal, the third in the Invincible class of light aircraft carriers. She was launched in 1981 and...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Sea kayaking in search of the lost Ark.

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Loch Long runs very straight and it is also very deep. It  has some of the finest deep water jetties in the World. From north of Ardgartan w...
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Sea kayaking inthe mountains with torpedoes and invisible ink.

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By the time Jim and I returned from the shuttle, the tide was well back. We had chosen a launch site beside... ..the old pier at Arrochar ...
Monday, November 15, 2010

Hunched by the cold, a long, long way from the open sea.

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For a change, we decided to drive a long way from the open sea for our last trip. We left Glasgow in thick misty conditions, so thick that w...
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