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Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Night time in Troon harbour

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In the darkness we swung round the outer harbour wall at Troon. The moon and constellation Plaedes could be seen behind the lighthouse. From...

Petition to save the clipper ship City of Adelaide.

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I have previously written about the clipper City of Adelaide whose hulk lies on a slipway in Irvine on the Clyde coast. There is a real thre...
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Monday, April 06, 2009

Another World on Lady Isle, just three miles from home!

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Last Wednesday evening we found ourselves drifting round Lady Isle in the Firth of Clyde. Far to the SW the great rock of Ailsa Craig was me...
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...