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Thursday, November 18, 2010

HMS Ark Royal, final voyage to Scotland.

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This is what we had come to see. HMS Ark Royal, the third in the Invincible class of light aircraft carriers. She was launched in 1981 and...
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Sea kayaking in search of the lost Ark.

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Loch Long runs very straight and it is also very deep. It  has some of the finest deep water jetties in the World. From north of Ardgartan w...
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Sea kayaking inthe mountains with torpedoes and invisible ink.

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By the time Jim and I returned from the shuttle, the tide was well back. We had chosen a launch site beside... ..the old pier at Arrochar ...
Monday, November 15, 2010

Hunched by the cold, a long, long way from the open sea.

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For a change, we decided to drive a long way from the open sea for our last trip. We left Glasgow in thick misty conditions, so thick that w...
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Sunday, November 14, 2010

A dream of the otter and the mountain

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Although we were some way offshore, an otter surfaced between Tony and myself, a still wriggling fish clamped firmly in its jaws. Unfortunat...
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...