Campbeltown
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Sanda Island adventure
It was with a mixture of sadness and excitement that we readied ourselves to leave our mooring and the Clyde. We'd had a super couple of weeks, with days and days of brilliant sunshine albeit somewhat spoiled by the wind. It may sound a little ...
To Campbeltown
... than Lamlash but the tacking etc took us up 51 miles on the log, by the time we arrived at 15:15. Campbeltown has a single pontoon for visiting yachts but fortunately we had space. The obliging temporary pontoon minder (the normal one was on ...
relaxing in Campbeltown
... the new version! In the afternoon, we set off for a walk up the nearby hill where we gained fabulous views of Campbeltown loch with Arran in the background and the nearby Davaar island in the foreground. Then back to the boat, and a trial of the ...
Sunny Scotland..all week!!!! Perfect!
Walked round Davar Island at low tide. Drove round the Leerside to the Mull of Kintyre and walked down to the lighthouse (and back again...phew!!). Ate lots of good food - Indian, Chinese, fish and chips and of course traditional scottish...haggis and ...
Headstone Hunting
... . Pleased with our find, we decided to take a walk up to Tomaig Farm, which is perched on a hill just outside Campbeltown. I had found a census record from 1891 indicating William, Margaret and their four eldest children had lived there. Our route there ...
Welcome to the Fam-Damily!
... Donald and Aunt Alice from Canada (although she had never met them). She also mentioned Grandma and Grandpa's visit to Campbeltown 25 years ago. Margaret helped us solve the mystery of the infant deaths on William and Margaret's tombstone. ...
Glasgow to the Motherland
... am. We made our way back to the hotel and caught a taxi to the Buchanon Bus Station. We had two bus tickets to Campbeltown, birthplace of Donald McMurchy--Mom's grandpa (my great grandpa). Grandpa was born in 1890, grew up on several farms in and around ...
Episode 7
... at least one boat. There are some fishing boats too, but mainly pleasure boats. It is summer I suppose. In Campbeltown there is a small park dedicated to Linda McCartney. Apparently the McCartneys’ had a farm here and spend a many ...
Last day out in Scotland
... ). We (only Allan & I - the kids stayed home again!) went for a drive down the Kintyre peninsular to Campbeltown. We went on a back road (single lane again) on the east side of the peninsular to see Skipness Castle that we'd heard ...
Sanda Island, Mull of Kintyre
Sanda - Scottish Island number two =========================== No wind, but a pleasant 5 hour motor down to Sanda Island, just East of the Mull of Kintyre. There was a 'Residence Only' notice on the jetty, but in Scotland we have the 'Right to Roam', ...
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