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Sunday, April 05, 2009

Luncheon in the banqueting hall of Little Cumbrae Castle followed by force 6 in The Tan!

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Yesterday was cold, pouring wet and windy. The coastal forecast for the Upper Clyde was Force 4 SW increasing to WNW 6 by afternoon, with gu...
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Friday, April 03, 2009

Nightfall over Lady Isle

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Last Wednesday night we left work and the city behind. We were bound for Lady Isle in the Firth of Clyde. We launched from the Ballast Bank ...
Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Fularia Orientalis weed in Loch Fyne

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As we paddled up Loch Fyne, David began to lag behind. The bottom of his boat had become coated with the sticky filaments of Fularia Orienta...
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Of Kintyre buzzards and giants.

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We lazed on the sands of Skipness for some time but finally, a dipping sun told us it was time to depart. The Kintyre peninsula north of Ski...
Monday, March 30, 2009

Sands of time run out in Skipness Chapel graveyard.

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Just behind the beach at Skipness is the 13th century Skipness Chapel. It is also known as Kilbrannan Chapel and is dedicated to St Brendan ...
Sunday, March 29, 2009

Skipness Castle

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We chose the shortest crossing of the Kilbrannan Sound and made for the low lying Skipness Point, which extends for about a kilometre into ...
Saturday, March 28, 2009

Sea kayaking across the Kilbrannan Sound.

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As we paddled out of Loch Ranza into the Kilbrannan Sound, the wind began to drop. The Kilbrannan Sound is the body of water which separ...