Cumbrae 8 October

Alan, Allan, Davie C, Davie Mc, Jimmy, Johnny, Malcolm, Paul, Robert

The submarine base on Little Cumbrae

The wind turbine is definitely on the mainland!

As we assembled at Largs there was a distinct chill in the air meaning that we stayed in the warmth of the ticket office until the 10.15 ferry came in. We heated up as soon as we reached our (?) walking pace on the other side and made good time heading up to the Glaid Stone for our coffee stop.

A few spots of rain were encountered on the way down into Millport but jackets were not on for long. Walking through the town we couldn’t help but think that it would be a long day serving in the shops at this time of the year – maybe at any time of the year! On this occasion we did not head up to the golf course and cut across the open ground to Fintry Bay but instead stuck to the coast road. Lunch was taken in the shelter adjacent to the football pitch and to the new helicopter pad where it was announced that we would try for the 2.30 ferry. Once we had reached Fintry Bay the optimists said we could make the two o’clock, so off we went into the drizzle. In the event we reached the slipway at 2.10 and were dry(ish) when we arrived in good time for the 2.30 ferry. (Apologies for all the times. Davie’s obsession with the timings of walks must be getting to me. I’ll go for a lie down before completing the blog!)

Sinister dexter, sinister dexter!

That's better, back again! One thing of note was the emergence of new information posts at strategic points. This information, however, could only be accessed by an app on a mobile phone. This is something to remember for our next visit, assuming of course that there is a mobile signal and that you could read your phone in the open daylight!

Sinister!

The boys who had attended the recent Troon Beer Festival, and who could remember being there, had seen an advert for the Village Inn in Fairlie and so we headed there for FRT and, in the main, we partook of Corncrake Ale, brewed in Orkney. Many thanks to Davie C, whose 59th birthday it was, for buying the first round. A jolly time was had!