Sunshine, visitors and no time to blog...

Last week the sun finally arrived last week, and a day or two later so did Rick and Kirsty.It was great to have company, We picked them up in Ardrossan, sailed to Loch Ranza on The Isle of Arran, went to Cambeltown and then back to Brodrick on Arran before returning to Ardrossan.

We did anchoring and mooring buoys so they had to get to grips with the dinghy for an evening in the pub.

Arran is a lovely island, sometimes described as little Scotland because it has a little of everything that Scotland is famous for. High peaks, glens, pretty villages, lochs and waterfalls.
We visited a castle and a distillery and saw wild deer roaming freely.  
Also saw the steam paddle boat Waverley also visiting the island, probably cost those tourists more!
We took pictures of them and they took pictures of us as we both left harbour together.

   As we settled down for an early night on the evening of Rick and Kirsty's departure the coastguard put out a call for any vessels in Ardrossan. We responded and were asked to go to the aid of a chap who had jumped off the harbour wall (for a bet) and was now hanging to a buoy in difficulties.
By the time we arrived he had become detached from the buoy and was drifting out to sea. Another skipper had jumped on our boat before we left to help which was just as well because the casualty could not help himself at all and had to be lifted bodily on board. When we got back into port there was a helicopter ambulance, tow police cars and the coastguards all waiting. He was airlifted to hospital due to his weakened state but I believe he did survive.