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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

A luncheon at the Castle.

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From the Great Cumbrae we set off across The Tan, the channel that separates it from its southerly neighbour Little Cumbrae.  A light ...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

For richer and poorer in the Hunterston Channel.

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I have not paddled on the Clyde since my mother died in July and as Sunday 16th November was forecast to be such a beautiful day I decided...
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Friday, November 14, 2014

I saw just a flicker of respect cross their weather beaten faces.

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We enjoyed a fair breeze and made rapid progress for the first 6km of the 16km crossing from Ailsa Craig to Girvan but then... ...the ...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Dropping hints, raising sails in the lee of Ailsa Craig.

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 When we arrived back at the lighthouse after our early morning circumnavigation of Ailsa Craig the weather changed. The wind began to pic...
Sunday, November 09, 2014

Gardyloo on Ailsa Craig.

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It was just 07:12 am when we rounded Stranny Point at the SW corner of Ailsa Craig and... ...came to the Water Cave .  The air ...
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Saturday, November 08, 2014

A dawn start on Ailsa Craig.

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On Ailsa Craig the sun was well clear of the north eastern horizon by 04:55 am. It was impossible to sleep due to the racket made by assor...
Thursday, November 06, 2014

A Glengoyne glow in the midsummer midnight sky at Ailsa Craig.

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It was 9:30pm when we returned to the spit by the lighthouse and so we wasted no time in getting a fire going.   A combination of a ...
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