Arran, 5–12 June 2010
Saturday 5 June: arrived at Lamlash
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First view of Arran, on the ferry from Ardrossan.
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The Shore, Lamlash, where we stayed for the week.
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From The Shore, we had this view across Lamlash Bay to Holy Island.
Sunday 6 June: climbed Beinn Bharrain
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Wild rose on the shore at Pirnmill. There were lots of these rose bushes around the shore.
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Waterfall on the slopes of Beinn Bharrain.
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Bill about to set off along the ridge to the summit of Beinn Bharrain.
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Looking back to Beinn Bharrain across Coire Roinn.
Monday 7 June: ferry to Holy Island
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Soay sheep on Holy Island.
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View of Lamlash from Mullach Beag.
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On Mullach Beag, Linda and Barbara; behind them, Bill (elbow only), Bob, Allan, Pat.
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Mullach Mor from Mullach Beag.
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Saanen goats on Mullach Mor.
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From Mullach Mor, looking back to Mullach Beag.
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Allan and Pat on the path down from Mullach Mor.
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Healing Spring, used by the sixth century hermit St Molaise, who lived in a nearby cave.
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Another Soay sheep.
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Back in Lamlash, evening sun over Holy Island. The pair of swans near the shore were raising a family of tiny cygnets.
Tuesday 8 June: Brodick and Lamlash.
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Brodick Castle, ancestral home of the Dukes of Hamilton, now a National Trust property.
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Formal gardens of Brodick Castle. If you're wondering whether midges are a problem here, look at the gardeners' headgear.
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Memorial to the Clearances in Lamlash.
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Plaque on the Clearances memorial.
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The phone in this phone box was working, if you could find it among the shrubbery.