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Friday, June 15, 2012

We paddled steadily on but with a readiness to duck.

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After our wonderful meeting with Alistair Wilson , founder of Lendal Paddles, Phil, Jennifer, Donald and myself set off across a glassy se...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Getting the Lendals out at Lendalfoot.

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On the 24th of May we convened at Lendalfoot in Ayrshire. Jennifer, Phil and I were in kayaks and we were joined by my brother Donald in ...
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Monday, June 11, 2012

The pleasure of weighing anchor in your own backyard.

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As we waited at Brodick pier for the ferry back to Ardrossan, there was a change in the air. High cirrus clouds streaked across the sky.....
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Sunday, June 10, 2012

A final downwind blast back to Brodick.

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From Clauchlands Point to Corriegills Point  the coastline of Arran is an untamed, road-less wilderness of steep, rocky slopes tumbling t...
Saturday, June 09, 2012

Hamilton Isle, between a rock and a hard place.

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From the north end of Holy Island we gradually came out of the wind shadow of its mountains and picked up a fair breeze across the north e...
Friday, June 08, 2012

The east coast of Holy Island

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 The north east coast of Holy Island is an area of... ...stark beauty and a turbulent geological past. A bed of Old Red Sandstone is ...
Thursday, June 07, 2012

Seeing the light on Holy Island.

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After lunch we set off across the south entrance of Lamlash Bay towards the Inner Light on Holy Island . The island is now owned by Buddhi...
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