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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Melting glaciers, kayaks, interconnectors and ships.

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On our journey south along Ayrshire's Atlantic coast, the volcanic cliffs are breached in only one place. The low winter sun played a w...
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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Paddling past pillow lava at Downan Point

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As we paddled past Downan Point , on the south Ayrshire coast, we came across ancient lava floes where the cliffs tumbled into the sea. On c...
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Winter solstice on Ayrshire's Atlantic coast.

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Leaving the great beach of Ballantrae, we paddled SW along Ayrshire's Atlantic coast . The volcanic rocks plunge into the swell that com...
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Monday, December 24, 2007

"A weekend at the races." Ocean Paddler # 6.

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Issue six of the renowned sea kayaking organ, Ocean Paddler, carries an article entitled "A weekend at the races." It was composed...
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Sunday, December 23, 2007

Shingle and terns at Ballantrae.

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Once we launched from Ballantrae we turned to the SSE and paddled parallel to the great cobble beach which stretches for almost 2km. The be...
Saturday, December 22, 2007

Surf's up at the village on the beach.

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Yesterday the surf began to roll into the beach at Ballantrae in advance of today's depression. You can tell this is a surf beach, it...
Friday, December 21, 2007

Has the sun finally set on a fantastic 2007 paddling year?

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Today, on the shortest day of the year, I left the house in darkness and freezing fog at 8am. The temperature was -10.5C . I returned in da...
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