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Sunday, January 27, 2008

Dunure, the birth place of one of the world's largest shipping lines.

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I recently posted how the fishermen of the fishing hamlet of Dunure rescued all but two souls from the crews of the Valkyrian and the Iron D...
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Sea kayaking the four castles of Carrick.

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Last week David, Tony and I set off from Turnberry beach on the Firth of Clyde on one of our favourite routes: "The four castles of Car...
Saturday, January 26, 2008

Brave Buckie and the wreck of the Valkyrian

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Last week we stopped off at the Anchorage Bar in Dunure on the Firth of Clyde. While we were enjoying some Guinness I noticed the above fad...
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Friday, January 25, 2008

Till a' the seas gang dry

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"Till a' the seas gang dry." R. Burns Leaving Bute we headed for the north tip of Great Cumbrae. The full spring tide of about...
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Thursday, January 24, 2008

The dry red rocks of Bute

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We worked our way up the east coast of Bute towards Kilchattan Bay. One may obtain a refreshment within the portals of St Blanes Hotel in Ki...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008

No room at the inn of Rubh an Eun

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From Little Cumbrae we paddled across to Glencallum Bay on Bute. It is marked by the lighthouse on Rubha an Eun. There was a settlement wit...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Out with the old in with the new.

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Crossing from the Little Cumbrae to Bute , we looked back upon the two Little Cumbrae lighthouses . The modern square concrete block just do...