Author Archives: Bruce

When I was in Carsaig Bay I found the locals very, very welcoming. I walked across to the Hotel in Tayvallich on the Friday night to be entertained by the locals with their accordians, guitars, small pipes, bodhrans, flutes and … Read the rest of this entry →

My original plan was to leave Gigha by heading to the North end of the Island and then doing a crossing to the Knapdale coast. Friday morning was grey and still. The visibility was down to about 3km. Not exactly … Read the rest of this entry →

Big stuff. Big waves round the Mull of Kintyre, and on a ‘calm’ day. Big push off the tide, helped get the miles done and big breakers on all the headlands from the westerly swell. To top it all off, … Read the rest of this entry →

Woke up at 0530 this morning and crawled out a lovely warm sleeping bag to assess that the wind was cold and southerly. On the back of last night’s inshore waters forecast from the Met Office saying today might get … Read the rest of this entry →

After a fairly big day yesterday (pic from yesterday below) I was surprised how good progress was today. Calum had met me on arrival into Carradale last night. The sun was fading fast and it was still (nae wind) cold … Read the rest of this entry →

Made it to Carradale. Big day, made worse by the Van’s failure to start thus morning. Of all cold mornings. Paddled from 0935 to 1800 with a 5 minute stop on Bute. Ready for a good sleep.

Tomorrow. 0830 hours.

Final preparations are underway. Although I had originally envisaged a launch on or around the 7th March, I have always considered leaving early if there was a window for rounding the Mull of Kintyre. It would seem that there is a very … Read the rest of this entry →