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Showing posts with label forts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label forts. Show all posts
Thursday, July 17, 2014

Little sails in the Sound

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We set off on the 10km crossing from Inchmarnock to Garroch Head. A light breeze got up so it was time to hoist sails.  The early m...
Sunday, July 13, 2014

Thousands of years in defence of the realm in the Sound of Bute.

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When we rounded Garroch Head at the south end of Bute we caught first sight of our destination for our night's camp. Low lying Inchm...
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Monday, June 09, 2014

Preaching to the converted in Blackwaterfoot Harbour.

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 From Corriecravie we came to Aird nan Ron (Seal Point) and true to its name, the point was a haven for common seals.   At the next...
Friday, September 27, 2013

Dun paddling at Dunagoil.

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 As we approached the Island of Bute...  ...the wind dropped away to nothing and... ... my injured shoulder was really feeling the...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Much toing and froing on the crossing to West Loch Tarbert.

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We set off across the Sound of Gigha towards the Kintyre mainland in glassy calm conditions but it is not always like this... ...as th...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Of vitrified hill forts and vitrified kayakers..

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 After a very pleasant luncheon we paddled east...  ...along the north shore of the sound of Arisaig. The white shell sand had given w...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Visiting the spirits of my ancestors.

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Rounding Brown Head, we came to a green valley that ran into the hills. The south facing slopes make this one of the most fertile spots on...
Friday, May 18, 2012

The Blackwaterfoot womens' militia, dog branch.

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 When we left King's Cave we followed the coast of Arran south towards...  ... the Doon and Drumadoon Point . The Doon is a re...
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