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Saturday, November 13, 2010

Guaranteed seal sighting at Corrie, or your money back!

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 We left Sannox to paddle down the east coast of Arran to the ferry terminal at Brodick.  We were surrounded by torrential rainstorms... ...
Friday, November 12, 2010

Landfall on the golden sands of Sannox.

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The approach to Glen Sannox in Arran must be one of the finest crossings in Scotland. As you get nearer the mountains... ...begin to fil...
Thursday, November 11, 2010

This dragon does not belch smoke!

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Leaving Garroch Head, we now started to cross the Sound of Bute which separates Bute from Arran. HMS Dragon seemed to be practicing holdin...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Making the most of short winter days.

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The Firth of Clyde channel is a busy shipping lane, in the past we have met RN nuclear submarines , RN frigates , RFA supply ships , tugs, t...
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Clyde ore, prawns and peninsulas.

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We set off across the Hunterston Channel for the Little Cumbrae. To our right a huge 225m bulk carrier, Grace Future , had just pulled awa...
Monday, November 08, 2010

There be dragons at the end of rainbows in the Clyde!

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We arrived at Ardrossan ferry terminal at dawn. The low sun was just lighting the mountain tops of Arran. We left two cars here and the fo...
Sunday, November 07, 2010

Ailsa Craig from Lendalfoot, Ayrshire.

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A 32km day trip round Ailsa Craig in the outer Firth of Clyde. Tidal streams between the Ayrshire coast and Ailsa Craig are generally weak...