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Showing posts with label Loch Ranza. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Loch Ranza. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Weather cocking at the Cock.

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 As we left Loch Ranza thunder was rumbling round the glens high above us.the yachts were all weather-cocking on their moorings as the col...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Dark clouds over (but a warm welcome in) Lochranza.

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From the shelter of Catacol Bay it was out into the wind again as we paddled round towards Loch Ranza. The entrance to the loch was stil...
Monday, May 12, 2014

Anchors aweigh at Lochranza castle.

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Although Lochranza castle has stood since  it was built by the MasSweens as a two storey hall house in the mid 13th century...  ...it...
Monday, April 30, 2012

Lunch on the rocks at Loch Ranza.

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We crossed Loch Ranza, a sea loch at the NW point of Arran. L och Ranza Castle was silhouetted against the backdrop of Arran's rocky ...
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Friday, April 29, 2011

The "castles" of Loch Ranza.

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We paddled into Loch Ranza on the NW tip of Arran. The ferry from Claonaig Kintyre,  the MV Loch Tarbert was just arriving at the village of...
Saturday, March 28, 2009

Sea kayaking across the Kilbrannan Sound.

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As we paddled out of Loch Ranza into the Kilbrannan Sound, the wind began to drop. The Kilbrannan Sound is the body of water which separ...
Friday, March 27, 2009

Loch Ranza and its two castles.

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As the ferry approached the jetty at the village of Lochranza on Arran, we decided that Loch Ranza would warrant some exploration before we ...
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Bottlenose dolphins cruising in the Clyde!

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There is a pod of bottlenose dolphins cruising the Clyde at the moment. We saw them in the mouth of Loch Fyne, just south of Tarbert. The c...
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