Mull of Kintyre
06/09/17 More rain had set in. Our plans had been to visit Campbeltown, maybe to take a walk to Davaar island and then walk up to the lighthouse on the Mull… Read more »
06/09/17 More rain had set in. Our plans had been to visit Campbeltown, maybe to take a walk to Davaar island and then walk up to the lighthouse on the Mull… Read more »
05/09/17 We woke up to fine weather and so continued with our plan to walk around the coast to Carradale. The intention was to follow part of the Kintyre way to… Read more »
04/09/17 We didn’t get the first ferry from Lochranza, we left it till 10ish to get in the queue. Although we were second in the queue we were waved on first… Read more »
03/09/17 When we woke up on the Sunday morning in Sannox we knew we had to make a decision – would we stay in Arran and hope for some better… Read more »
02/09/17 After a day on the mountain we didn’t feel like doing anything too strenuous so we headed to Brodick. We parked up in the car park by the Mountain… Read more »
01/09/17 Goatfell is the highest mountain on Arran and we had been looking for a suitable day to climb it before we left. Although we had had plenty of decent… Read more »
31/08/17 Lochranza is a village on the northern coast of Arran, set alongside a small sea loch. I don’t know when a bay or inlet becomes a loch, but the name… Read more »
30/08/17 We had parked at King’s Cave deliberately … to visit King’s Cave of course. So the next morning we took a stroll down to the coast to see one… Read more »
29/08/17 There was much excitement the next morning. Paul popped out for his morning cigarette and saw some movement in the water…it was an otter. Not the first otter sighting… Read more »
28/08/17 True to the weather forecast the next morning was wet and miserable. We drove up to Ardrossan and sat in the queue for the midday ferry. The tarmac was… Read more »
27/08/17 We took the plunge and booked our ferry to Arran for Monday. The weather for Monday was going to be pretty dire (again) so we thought we might as… Read more »
25/08/17 – 26/08/17 The next day we thought we would go for a bike ride, there is a scenic trail of just under 40 miles around the Galloway forest which… Read more »
24/08/17 Next up we wanted to head for the Forest of Galloway for some walking and mountain biking. Heading back up to Newton Stewart we took a tip from the… Read more »
23/08/17 We decided to move to New England Bay the following day. There is a large picnic area here right next to the beach and we had seen people wild… Read more »
21/08/17 – 22/08/17 From the Isle of Whithorn we were heading to the Rhinns of Galloway, the word Rhinns (or Rhins) is derived from the Gaelic for point or headland,… Read more »
19/08/17 – 20/08/17 Because of my usual tardiness in posting the blog I have decided to label each post with the date(s) it pertains to. That way you, the reader,… Read more »
The next day we moved on. It seemed that most people at Glencaple were breaking their journey to go further north, but we were heading west deeper into Dumfries and… Read more »
We remained parked up in Glencaple for the next day and night. The next day was bright and sunny to start with, and although it clouded over later and there… Read more »
After our MOT disappointment we finally managed to get away. We said goodbye to friends in Exmouth (again) and had a night at home in Taunton; using the laundry of… Read more »