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Monday, July 27, 2009

I don't feel safe in a dinghy!

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David, my regular paddling buddy, used to paddle off the Ayrshire coast with John Young in the Kyle Canoe Club (now KKC). John designed and...
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Saturday, July 25, 2009

The Cave of Knockbrex is no longer lost!

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I had decided to look for the lost cave of Knockbrex, not at the current shoreline but at the back of the ancient shoreline of the raised be...
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Friday, July 24, 2009

The amusing story of the novelist and the lost cave of Knockbrex

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I paddled across Fleet Bay and took a break at the sandy cove of Knockbrex . Not far from the beach is a fine large mansion which was built ...
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Thursday, July 23, 2009

You're not paddling down here son!

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Regular visitors to these pages will know that our local, and most frequently paddled waters, are those of Ayrshire's Carrick coast. We...
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Clear Solway tide

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I slowly paddled east from Rumblekirn to a break in the cliffs. By its nature the Solway Firth, with its extensive sand flats at low tide, t...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Full Moon at Rumblekirn!

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It was a full moon when we arrived at Fleet bay on the Solway Firth. That meant a spring tide and that gives access to all sorts of interes...
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Monday, July 20, 2009

Sea shells and egg shells on the sea shore

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On the storm line, high above the normal high water mark, on Ardwall Island I found a huge bank of shells. It was really quite a remarkable ...