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A perfect evening by Alan Pitman
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The Scarba in Loch Crinan, the Isle of Mull distant
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The sunrise over Crinan and Duntrune Castle.
#Duntrune castle#Crinan#sunrise#west coast#castle#scotland#argyll and bute#original photography#photographers on tumblr
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Joseph Quinn is wearing Cubitts' Crinan Glasses in Dark Torty
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Sinuous forestry track skirting Creag Mhòr, Crinan with October birches.
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Sean Connery with Daniela Bianchi on location at Crinan Harbour, Scotland 1963
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Day 6: Summer - Rois ingen Maldred, fictional granddaughter of Crinan of Atholl :)
#jenstober23#medieval scotland#twttwba#traditional art#oc: rois ingen maldred#oc tag#scots tag#inktober#inktober 2023#drawtober#drawtober 2023#artober#artober 2023#witchtober#witchtober 2023#day 6#summer
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Day Fifty-two
It's a grey start to the day waking up by the canalside, so waterproofs are on right from the get go.
A short ride along the towpath and this proves prescient, as the rains begin as we pass the bay by Ardrishaig, before getting to watch the sea lock in action as a sailboat enters the canal on its way to Crinan.
Past the swing bridge, it's a stretch on the busy A83 in a lot of rain, so not much else for it but to keep my head down along the coastline until I can turn off west for the loop down past Killberry.
As the path tracks west, it's up and over the hills once more. Whilst the gradient isn't too awful, it's a long, long climb up past the forests and is some heavy going in the inclement weather.
Over the top, the long uphill becomes a long downhill and it's a zooming ride down back through more woodlands on the other side of the hills. The poor road surfacing requires some concentration and diligent braking, but it's a lot less effort than the way up!
The road hits the west coast once more at Clachbreck with some great views across Loch Caolisport. The rain has eased off by now, but the wind is getting up so the waterproofs remain!
It's a nice stretch of flat coastal riding along the road for a while, before heading up into the hills once more as we reach the side of this outcropping.
The climbs and now high winds along this stretch start to make the day a hell of a lot of work. Coupled with the rough road surfaces, it turns into a grind of a morning.
Once getting towards Killberry, the road begins to be lined by dense avenues of trees that do nothing to prevent the ferocious headwind but also mean there's not much of a view to be seen either.
As the road swings east, I take a long lunch break to refuel and get some more water processed for the rest of the day.
With some more hard pushing, it's down eventually to Dunmore with some glimpses through the trees of the waterside and the opposite hills.
Slogging on through the trees and up another stiff climb, the road finally comes to West Tarbert and the A83 once more, which I now turn on to for a long jaunt south around the Kintyre peninsula.
After all the hard work earlier in the day, it's nice to have some good smooth road once more, even if there is a fair bit more traffic. I also get some nice views back across the water of the wooded hills I've just emerged from.
There are some gradients to deal with as the miles are chewed up, but overall there's some good going as the evening approaches, with the former headwind now speeding me on, and after a few hills are climbed up it's finally a lovely speedy zoom down to the coastline again, with some great views.
The legs are a bit leaden after all the work since Applecross, and lots of bits of me are complaining, so I don't leave it too late before finding a nice patch of trees to setup the tent in by Ballochroy. I think I may remain here tomorrow to have a good lie down and rest up before completing the charge round to Campbeltown.
Hope you all have a good Sunday, will see you Monday!
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On 18th January 1812 The Comet, built by John Wood and Co at Port Glasgow, the first commercial steam-powered vessel in Europe made her trial trip.
Later in the year it made the first passenger-carrying steam sailing in Europe, from Port Glasgow to the Broomielaw, and then back down to Greenock, greatly reducing the journey time. History was made. Bell advertised in a local newspaper “The Greenock Advertiser”
The Steamboat Comet Between Glasgow, Greenock and Helensburgh for Passengers Only
The subscriber, having at much expense, fitted up a handsome vessel to ply upon the River Clyde from Glasgow, to sail by the power of air, wind, and steam, intends that the vessel shall leave the Broomielaw on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays about mid-day, or such hour thereafter as may answer from the state of the tide, and to leave Greenock on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays in the morning to suit the tide.
The fare was “four shillings for the best cabin, and three shillings for the second.” allthough by the look of the boat, they must have been pokey wee things.
Famous passengers included Walter Scott and James Watt, in 1816, visiting his home town of Greenock in old age - by this date Bell offered a return trip from Glasgow to Rothesay, which Watt undertook.
Bell had the Comet lengthened and re-engined, and from September 1819 ran a service to Oban and Fort William, via the Crinan Canal, , a trip which took four days. On 15 December 1820 the Comet was wrecked in strong currents at Craignish Point near Oban, with Bell on board. No lives were lost. One of the engines ended its working days in a Greenock brewery, and is now in the Science Museum, London.
The Comet was the forerunner to the Clyde Steamboats, the only sea going one left today is of course the Waverley.
The west coast route initially proved successful. However, in December 1820, Comet experienced groundings at Ardgour and Corpach before continuing to Oban in an unseaworthy state.
Following repairs, Comet set sail once again on 15 December 1820 but was soon wrecked at Craignish Point. The ship is believed to have split in half just west of Crinan. A navigational error had caused it to run aground in the fast tidal waters of the Dorus Mor
Thankfully, Comet was carrying no passengers at the time of its loss, apart from Henry Bell himself. He and the crew managed to scramble safely ashore/
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Views from Crinan woods, Argyll & Bute
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A perfect evening by Alan Pitman Via Flickr: The Scarba in Loch Crinan, the Isle of Mull distant
Source: flickr.com
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Crinan
Tuesday 7th May 2024
Warm sunshine today so we left the washing to dry in the cockpit and set off to the Crinan basin in the Bora. Delicious coffee and scones watching the diver repairing the new lock gates before we set off for a lovely walk along the towpath as far as Bellanoch. Back to the cafe in time for lunch at which point the diver came up! A lazy late afternoon in the sunshine on Trade Wind.
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The trip down from Isle of Skye to Oban was done in calmer weather and we kept going everyday. The trips were kept quite short, less than 30 miles and we anchored for most of the time.
The record for Anchorage was at Drumbuie where there were 15 other boats.
Oban Transit Marina was a busy place with small cruise ships, converted trawlers, moored on the outside taking up a lot of space.
It was also an expensive Marina costing over £36 per night.
Still we did the bright lights of Oban, had a meal out and a bit of a wander round the quay and then set off the following day for an anchorage at crinan and then onto another anchorage at Gigha and then round the Mull of Kintyre to Campbeltown.... nearly home.
We had a fairly quiet rounding of the mull, only a few steep waves where wind met tide, however as we entered Campbeltown we managed to pick up a fishing net and had a serious prop wrap.
I kindly fishing vessel towed us into the marina and wouldn't accept any payment but we managed to force a bottle of red wine on to him.
We spent the rest of the day hunting around for a diver without any luck and then proceeded to buy an extremely large bread knife to try and cut it off our selves.
Alan spent the following morning sawing away, without any luck, however we then did eventually manage to find a diver, the same chap who had been up the mast a few years ago and remembered the boat.
So 3 minutes later he had the rope off, Alan's efforts had not been in vain!
And I was £50 lighter in pocket, however it was worth it to get the boat up and running once again.
But that time the day had grown old, so the following morning we set off for Brodick, as North winds had made loch Ranza untenable. We found a nice comfortable buoy which was free. This is one of Alan's favourite stopping off points.
The winds the following day were north west and we had a good sail across Bute sound, however the engine on tickover was very lumpy and causing a lot of vibration, this needs looking at.
We got into Port Bannatyne and found our way across to the lifting bay where John turned up and had me at the top of the using his amazing machine.
In a few minutes we had the main halyard reeved.
Then on to our mooring spot in the Marina and the trip was over with a hearty whisky and a beer!!
Statistics on the way back...
it was a trip of 330 nautical miles making the total trip around 630 nautical miles.
I haven't filled up with diesel yet but I imagine we used roughly the same amount.
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