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Friday, February 08, 2008

Greenan, the fourth castle of Carrick, and a corpse.

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Leaving Dunure ( and its quickly receding tide ) we made good progress NE towards the Heads of Ayr. Spying a convenient landing spot, we too...
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Thursday, February 07, 2008

The tidal anomaly of the third castle of Carrick.

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Paddling north from Culzean Bay we rounded a headland and found ourselves under the grim walls of Dunure castle . This is the third castle o...
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008

A ship's bell rings down the years.

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This is the bell of the SS Valkyrian, which was wrecked off Dunure harbour in Ayrshire. I recently posted about the bravery of William "...
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Monday, February 04, 2008

Work and play in Culzean Bay.

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Leaving Culzean Castle, we continued NE across the sand rimmed Culzean Bay . We came across this catamarn fishing vessel. She is the Sea Ven...
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Saturday, February 02, 2008

Eisenhower, the Kennedys and Washington.

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Leaving Carrick shore, we left Ailsa Craig behind us but our view was soon dominated by the Victorian south wing of Culzean (pron. Cullane) ...
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Thursday, January 31, 2008

And pretty maids all in a row.

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"With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row." Leaving the ancient stones of Turnberry Castle we made our ...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

All the King's horses...

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All the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put Turnberry together again. Most people paddling past the crumbling rema...
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