We left Kilmarnock behind us and joined the busy dual carriageway to Irvine and onto Ardrossan. As we arrived early we stopped and chatted to a German cyclist called Albert from Bavaria who was touring Scotland on his own. He was on a three week tour of Scotland and had previously toured most of Europe as well, a source of much inspiration!.
As the ferry had now arrived we quickly boarded and made good speed to Arran, the journey only taking 55 mins. The last time I travelled this route was with Ros and Fiona coming back from a New Year in Arran with lot of other good friends...where has the time gone.
Sailing across, the sun finally came out and the hills on Arran came to life, we said farewell to Albert and took the road to Lochranza. The wind was in our face but the sun on our backs so we started our hill climb north. We made good progress as many of the roads had recently been resurfaced, we soon reached the top and enjoyed a long downhill decent to Lochranza. Ahead of schedule we sat and sunbathed waiting for the Cloanaig ferry to dock.
The crossing back to the mainland took just 30 mins and we stayed up on the top deck hopeful we might spot a basking shark or two.. but not today! no such luck!. The road to Tarbet was winding and Tarbet harbour itself was full of yachts and sail boats and nice restaurants which if we had time would have been great to explore.
We climbed onwards heading for Ardrishaig for our final stop of the night at the Argyl Arms, fish and chips was the only thing on the menu as they don't normal serve food on a Monday! Good job we weren't fussy lol.
Tomorrow we head for Oban and on to Port Appin the forecast is still looking good, we may even have to apply some slap!
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