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Saturday, November 20, 2010

The mark of a good bothy.

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We stopped by one of the few beaches on Loch Long and enjoyed an excellent luncheon in this sheltered spot. We could not stay long  as we ...
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Friday, November 19, 2010

Two million barrels of crude in Loch Long.

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 Leaving the Ark Royal we continued SW down Loch Long. As we cleared Cnap Point a Very Large Crude Carrier all but obliterated the view ahea...
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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...