The Arran Obsession
190306: Ayr, Troon, Ardrossan, Gourock, Greenock, Dumbarton, Helensburgh, Faslane
Arran from Troon.
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The same shot without the ubiquitous rubbish. The UK uses over 5m tons of plastic. Each household in England and Wales uses 300 plastic bags a year - that's seven billion in total. In 2003 over 50% of the litter found on UK beaches was plastic. Birds and turtles often mistake plastic for food and when their bodies can't digest it they can starve to death. |
Arran from Troon.
And still that muffin was following us..........
The marina at Ardrossan.
Breakfast at Portencross.
Portencross Castle at Farland Head.
Across the Clyde in the direction of Loch Lomond.
Great Cumbrae taken for no other reason than that we have a fabulous painting of it but had never seen the island for real.
Towards Gourock with Ben Bhreac in the background.
Construction of the power station began in 1970 and cost taxpayers an estimated £200 million. The station consists of two generating units and was designed to produce 1900 mega-watts of electricity. It is visible for miles around courtesy of its huge 700ft chimney and was also Scotland's first oil-fired power station. Before it opened however oil prices soared making it unproductive. Nowadays the power station is only maintained as a strategic reserve. It was rarely used to full capacity, except during 1984 when there was the miner's strike, and production was stopped in the late 1980s. It is run by Scottish Power, a group with headquarters in Glasgow.
A last look back at Arran over Cumbrae.
Towards Dunoon.
Cloch Point lighthouse.
Two boats from one of the two ferry services operating between Dunoon and Gourock.
Across the Erskine Bridge we went and west along the north side of the Clyde through Helensburgh to Faslane.....
