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Wednesday, March 09, 2011

Touching the past on the way to Burrow Head.

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At Bloody Neuk , about 4km short of Burrow Head, we came across the wreck of the SV Chile , which came to grief here in WW1. Although she ...
Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Less fond of basking sharks than otters.

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We paddled down the Machars peninsula and across Monreith Bay. Phil's silhouette was ringed by the bright water of  Luce Bay. Crazy dry...
Monday, March 07, 2011

A peculiarly cold form of burnishment, in Port William.

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The tide was ebbing fast from the little harbour of Port William. The village was  planned and built in the 1770's by Sir William Maxwel...
Sunday, March 06, 2011

We were so far south that there was almost a whiff of civilisation in the air.

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At the end of January we drove far to the south, into the recesses of Galloway's remote Machars peninsula. The winter sun struggled in...
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Saturday, March 05, 2011

Sea kayaking round Kerrera

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From Oban sea front round Kerrera , a 23km day paddle on the Firth of Lorn, February 2011. Crossing Oban Bay to Kerrera.  Although we star...
Friday, March 04, 2011

Seakayakphoto.com trip index 2011

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2011 running total distance: 126km Circumnavigation of Luing, Firth of Lorn, 32km Burrow Head, Solway Firth, 32km Lady Isle, Firth of Cl...
Thursday, March 03, 2011

Rolling along the Carrick coast at Dunure.

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On a calm afternoon David, Phil and I nipped down to Dunure. I haven't rolled my kayak for nearly 2 years, since I dislocated my knee in...