Not much action today as it was a travel day. What is most bizarre though, is that John got sunburned in Scotland, if you can believe that. The nice weather continues for a few more days we are told.
We went into Ayr to the seafront, there is a pretty nice beach there and the area is not overly developed but building is going on. After grocery shopping, walking High Street and having our lunch we took off for Ardrossan to get the ferry to the Isle of Arran.
The proprietor of our cottage was not here so we just took the liberty of letting ourselves in, the cottage is really great. The Scots tend to be very casual about things. I called the owner a bit later and he was home so he came over and gave us some milk and biscuits (cookies). The owner is a really nice guy as is usual, he didn’t care that we gave payment when we got here which is very unusual as they usually require deposits and then full payment weeks in advance.
The Isle of Arran is often referred to as ‘Scotland in miniature’ because it is mountainous in the north like the Highlands and flatter in the south like the Lowlands. We are staying in a glen in the mountainous area.
It is also a geologists haven and loads of geology students are always around here looking at the rocks. In 1787 a scientist from Edinburgh named James Hutton discovered an unconformity on Arran, where rocks of various ages rest together at different angles. In the geology world, this is known today as Hutton’s Unconformity.
We plan on walking a lot this week on Arran and intend to start tomorrow.
Click on pics to enlarge....
We went into Ayr to the seafront, there is a pretty nice beach there and the area is not overly developed but building is going on. After grocery shopping, walking High Street and having our lunch we took off for Ardrossan to get the ferry to the Isle of Arran.
The proprietor of our cottage was not here so we just took the liberty of letting ourselves in, the cottage is really great. The Scots tend to be very casual about things. I called the owner a bit later and he was home so he came over and gave us some milk and biscuits (cookies). The owner is a really nice guy as is usual, he didn’t care that we gave payment when we got here which is very unusual as they usually require deposits and then full payment weeks in advance.
The Isle of Arran is often referred to as ‘Scotland in miniature’ because it is mountainous in the north like the Highlands and flatter in the south like the Lowlands. We are staying in a glen in the mountainous area.
It is also a geologists haven and loads of geology students are always around here looking at the rocks. In 1787 a scientist from Edinburgh named James Hutton discovered an unconformity on Arran, where rocks of various ages rest together at different angles. In the geology world, this is known today as Hutton’s Unconformity.
We plan on walking a lot this week on Arran and intend to start tomorrow.
Click on pics to enlarge....
The Tiny Cottage in the Ayr Countryside
Ayrshire Coast from Ayr
Isle of Arran from Ferry
Leaving Ayrshire Coast
Arran is beautiful, this is the view from our cottage windows
The awesome cottage in Arran, that we are staying in for the week
This cottage used to be a stables, kitchen window, this is typical of the wall depth
Kate and I love your little cottage! We're in a swank Toronto house...
ReplyDeleteI am in love with that cottage! You will have to give me particulars because I want to stay there when I go next time! It's awesome! the pictures are amazing! I love the castle on the edge of the cliff! Can you imagine living in that when it was habitable? I am enjoying the blog, thanks for taking time to post everything. Have a great time! Tracy
ReplyDeleteThe little cottage was a one room dealio, really cute but the kitchen was not outfitted very well, and they always really bomb when it comes to the knives. The cottage on the Isle of Arran is amazing, everything we could ever need.
ReplyDeleteThat clifftop castle was wild, Tracy. There was another great castle enroute to the ferry but it does not open until April 1st, the bane of out of season travel.