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Friday, May 25, 2012

My (very) small part in The Great British Story.

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Tonight, the BBC broadcast the first episode of The Great British Story: a People's History . The first programme, Britannia, dealt wi...
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Visiting the spirits of my ancestors.

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Rounding Brown Head, we came to a green valley that ran into the hills. The south facing slopes make this one of the most fertile spots on...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

All sorts of things on the go at Brown Head, Arran.

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Shortly after leaving Drumadoon Bay we passed the Rebecca R  (RX 383) which seemed to be fishing very close inshore. At first I thought ...
Friday, May 18, 2012

The Blackwaterfoot womens' militia, dog branch.

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 When we left King's Cave we followed the coast of Arran south towards...  ... the Doon and Drumadoon Point . The Doon is a re...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012

Portents of spiders and the early buds of March.

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We made landfall on Arran under the slopes of Torr Righ Beag .  The still waters were sparkling clear as we made our way...  ...so...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

It was so still we held our breaths, not wanting to disturb the scene.

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Once we were in the middle of the Kilbrannan Sound the haze lifted sufficiently to allow us a view of the mountains of Arran. We quickly ...
Monday, May 14, 2012

A record time, despite some trouble with the waterworks on the way.

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 On Saturday afternoon, we emerged from the Dunure Inn to continue our downwind blast back to Ayr.  The wind was now cross offshore a...