We caught an early train to Glasgow so that we had time for a coffee and snack at Glasgow Central station before catching the train to London Euston. The old Virgin Pendolino trains (now run by Avanti) are rather smelly and cramped but at least it arrived more or less on time. A quick transfer …
Decided to wander up to what remains of Ardrossan Castle. It was fenced off (presumably a risk of falling masonry) so we couldn’t see much but there were good views out to sea. Not many people sailing on a fairly breezy and grey day. On the way back we were caught in a downpour and …
We took our sail cover to Jessail, the local specialist for all manner of boat canvas work. The old cover was falling apart so we decided to splash out on a new one. Then we went to collect our train tickets for the journey home from the nearest Ardrossan station that had a ticket machine. …
The weather forecast for the next few days was not that great so, although we had time to spare before taking the train south on Wednesday, we decided to head directly to Ardrossan. The wind was right on the nose leaving the marina so we motored into a fresh breeze and against the tide that …
The worst of storm Betty had passed so after checking Facebook to make sure it was still on, Richard went off to do the Largs parkrun. Although the wind was still very strong it was not too wet. 5 laps up and down the promenade was not very interesting and running into the wind was …
