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Around Bute Shakedown

Around Bute Shakedown

Left Portavadie on the 9th April with a cold following breeze down Loch Fyne and south to Glencallum Bay. After soup it was north into a stiff NW breeze to Ascog where we dropped the foresails and motored into Rothesay Bay for the night, anchoring in 10m off the sailing club. Peaceful and cold.

The Campbeltown Trip

The Campbeltown Trip

Bill and Graham headed down to Campbeltown on the 13th October. Only a couple of tacks needed from Portavadie to Campbeltown Loch. Lamb curry for lunch. Interesting company in the marina at Campbeltown reviewed by Graham. It turns out to be an autonomous mine sweeper with some sort of sonar/torpedo shaped device on the deck […]

Radical Rascal

Radical Rascal

Round and round the Radical Road the Radical Rascal ran, how many rs are this, tell me if you can? A rhyme my dad told me a long time ago and refers to the Radical Road, a path on the Salisbury Crags of Arthurs Seat, in Edinburgh. There is not much on the web about […]