Thursday 6th May

Hello once again
No signal since Monday, not bad at the moment.
Tuesday :
I drove to Glasgow Airport in the morning, much further than I thought, my plan was to take the coast road but instead I had to use the Motorway.
Picked Daniel up at about 10.00 am and drove to the ferry port of Ardrossan, I had prebooked our Hopscotch ticket for 2 ferries so we met Simon who missed his 9.15 ferry ( he did not realize how far Ardrossan was as the map changed from 3 miles to 6 miles,) for a breakfast in Asda.
The 55 minute ferry trip to Brodick was great, we stood on deck and watched the mainland shrink in the distance as we approached the Isle of Arran.
Simon rode off on his Bike leaving Daniel & I the hard bit of riding in the camper, we stopped at many places to admire the scenery.
We did not see Simon again until we had driven to the Lochranza Caravan & Camping site in Lochranza Tel. 01770 830273, Lovely campsite run by Kathy & Nigel Wells who took over in February, they are working hard but loving it.
A big thank you for the help with the nights stay.
The views around Lochranza are superb with deer roaming free, Eagles flying above and massive Gorse covered hills all around.
In the evening the 3 of us walked to the local Hotel for a well earned Meal & a couple of pints of local ale, the walk back to the campsite was warm, dark and silent except for the calls of some birds on the water.
Wednesday:
After Simon left to catch the ferry from Lochranza to Claonaig on the Mull of Kintyre Daniel & I went for a walk in the hills until we were in a valley surrounded by hills and nothing else. (very peaceful).
The campsite was opposite the Arran Distillery so that was next on our itinery with a tour just about to start as we arrived.
Very interesting tour by our guide Campbell who informed us that this is the only independant Distillery left in Scotland with the water coming from the loch high up in the hills.
At the end of the tour we were forced to sample the different whiskeys and the cream liqueur.
We made our way to the ferry and crossed to Claonaig  driving south to Campbeltown stopping for fuel and provisions.
We then made our way to our next stop The Machribeg Caravan Site, Machribeg, Southend near Campbeltown Tel. 01586 830249 where we were given a free nights stay about 20 foot from the sea overlooking the bay.
The sea is so calm and the weather so warm it feels great with Murphy having the whole beach to race up and down on.
all for now
Phil