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Showing posts with label Sound of Pladda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sound of Pladda. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 08, 2014

At the south end of Pladda "I wonder where they think they are going?"

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We set off across the Sound of Pladda at a surprisingly high ferry angle. It was approching 3 hours into the ebb and the tide was running ...
Monday, October 06, 2014

An early start in the Sound of Pladda.

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On the early  morning of 17th June 2014, Tony and I broke camp before the Kildonan dog walkers had surfaced. It was a spring tide at low w...
Saturday, October 04, 2014

Moonlight over Pladda and Ailsa Craig.

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I awoke at 3am to the the sound of lapping as High Water approached. It seemed very close to the tents and I was concerned about the kayak...
Thursday, October 02, 2014

A mid summer evening at Kildonan.

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It had been a long day since we left Saddel Bay on the Kintyre peninsula. After three luncheons and three swims we finally arrived at Kild...
Friday, June 06, 2014

Bennan Head; ancient footprints, hidden harbours and wrecks.

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 The wind and the rain battered the tents during the night. I arose shortly after dawn about 04:15 and looking west Bennan Head was lookin...
Thursday, June 05, 2014

A swarm of dykes at Kildonan.

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In view of the mid day forecast on 23rd May we decided not to risk paddling across the south end of the Kilbrannan Sound to Davaar Island...
Wednesday, June 04, 2014

Planing a a fully loaded expedition sea kayak: paddle sailing through the Pladda tide race.

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I was just timing my departure from the little harbour at Pladda when a baby seal popped up right in front of me (it's just below the...
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