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Saturday, September 03, 2011

A castle and two forts on the way to Scalpsie Bay, Bute.

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Jim and I met at the recently restored Portencross Castle on the Ayrshire coast of the Firth of Clyde. Normally we launch down slippy roc...
Friday, August 26, 2011

Well composed on Gott Bay pier, Tiree.

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Our trip round Tiree came to an end and we landed on this little beach beside the ferry pier  at Gott Bay. Although the map shows rock, it...
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Just resting in Scaranish Old Harbour, Tiree.

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The final day of our Tiree adventure dawned sunny...  ...but with a continuing fresh NE wind. We paddled our sea kayaks through ga...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Of corncrakes and cremated potatoes on the machair of Tiree.

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The dunes behind the beach where we had landed were covered by the sweetest smelling machair . There are no rabbits on Tiree and this par...
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Sea kayaking over crystal clear waters in Hynish Bay, Tiree

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From the dry dock and pier at Hynish we looked across Hynish Bay to the distant headland of An t-Ard . There are some wild camping oppor...
Sunday, August 21, 2011

A wild goose chase and feeling flushed at Hynish, Tiree!

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After rounding the southern tip of Tiree we turned to the NE again for the first time since we had left the Gunna Sound. We entered a maze...
Friday, August 19, 2011

Jets, sea kayaks and galleys and fair Tiree.

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 After lunch, David and Phil snoozed on the hill above the remote beach on the SW coast of Tiree. There is nothing over the horizon un...
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