Otter Ferry, Loch Fyne

Fantastic day today, hot and sunny. We're moored just off the Oystercatcher Pub, perfect! Pint of local Loch Fyne ale as the sun goes down. Planning to enter the Crinan Canal tomorr...

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Back on the move again!

After a week in the South spending time with our families, we are back on the move. It was a bit of a false start on Thursday, I spent the morning installing a 'crane' (to make it easier to lower the outboard onto the dingy) but when we went to leave there was a problem. When I put the engine into gear there was a strange slapping noise in both forward and reverse. Hoping it was something simple (weed...

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Isle of Bute

Following Cumbrae we spent a couple of nights at Rothesay on the Isle of Bute. Grand Victorian and Edwardian houses surround the town. We almost didn't take a bus trip around the island when we were the only passengers for the midday bus.  Luckily one other person arrived and the driver was OK to go with three! We moored in the small outer harbour which was home to hundreds of Starfish,...

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Great Cumbrae

A sudden spell of good weather! We sailed from Lamlash (Arran) to Millport (Great Cumbrae) in the Firth of Clyde in glorious sunshine. We left our mooring buoy at 8:30 for the short sail to Millport and were safely on another buoy for lunch. Despite the numerous fishing boats en-route my line remained barren, I'll keep trying. I almost caught a Mackerel the other day but it made its escape before...

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Isle of Arran

Weather has been a bit 'iffy' so not much in the way of good photos.  We spent a couple of days in Loch Ryan at Stranraer and then the weekend in Troon.  On Sunday we took a long walk to Dundonald castle along the 6 mile 'smugglers trail', needless to say we took the bus back.  Today we crossed the Firth of Clyde over to Arran, dodging showers.  We are on a mooring bouy for the...

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Back on the move

First mate has had a cold so we have been laying low in Bangor for a few days.  Following Friday’s laundry day, on Saturday Rob took a walk inland in search of a tackle shop, after help from Google, for fishing components which might actually enable him to catch a fish for supper. Saturday’s morning tea was disturbed by a series of marching bands parading down the high street and along the...

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