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Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Set the controls for the heart of the sun.

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We launched from the old jetty on the NW side of the Craignish peninsula. The sun was just rising above the hills. We paddled north round Ei...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Glorious Dorus Day!

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Today it was glorious in the west of Scotland. It was 2 days after springs so we decided to take two little runs through the Dorus Mor tide...
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Saturday, February 09, 2008

Hand dived scallops of Harris.

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It was quite windy in Loch Reasort , a deep sea loch on the west coast of Harris in the Outer Hebrides. It was perhaps a little too breezy f...
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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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