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Sundae · 12-23-2011, 01:38 PM

Mr & Mrs Limey were once again kind enough to take me on a tour.
This time we took in some gift shops/ craft shops and I could easily have spent thousands. The driftwood chairs for example...
Instead I bought cheese that Mum didn't like (sigh) and some Arran beer for Dad. Well, Mr & Mrs Limey bought a cut price case and allowed me a couple of bottles as it worked out at 63p per bottle. Thank you.

En route I saw innumerable streams, brooks, burns etc. The whole landscape seems to run with water. Limey explained that the island is a big hunk of rock and anything deposited on it rain-wise finds its way to the sea by the most direct route possible. It looks and sounds beautiful, water running at full pelt, tufting white where it hits stones, hanging in long impossible skeins from overhanging rocks or rushing in shallow courses on pebbles. Everywhere is alive to the sound of water.

As last year, this is not the season to photograph Arran.
A mist was drawing in, as was rain.
I saw beauty, but the camera couldn't.

We drove back to chez Limey over the centre of the island.
I loved it. Bumps and humps and switchbacks and hanging drops. Limey says there are long term residents who will never take the road, regardless of time of day or season or weather. Limey is a rally-level driver though. I never felt anything but safe, and enjoyed the ride immensely. She's not a thrill-seeker; she won't take the road at certain times or conditions, but she knows her stuff.

No pics of this obviously.
But you should all try to persuade Limey to borrow a video camera and velcro it to her dashboard and capture the journey. Hey, if you set up a fund I'll even go with her to commentate

12-23-2011, 01:38 PM	#22
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Mr & Mrs Limey were once again kind enough to take me on a tour. This time we took in some gift shops/ craft shops and I could easily have spent thousands. The driftwood chairs for example... Instead I bought cheese that Mum didn't like (sigh) and some Arran beer for Dad. Well, Mr & Mrs Limey bought a cut price case and allowed me a couple of bottles as it worked out at 63p per bottle. Thank you. En route I saw innumerable streams, brooks, burns etc. The whole landscape seems to run with water. Limey explained that the island is a big hunk of rock and anything deposited on it rain-wise finds its way to the sea by the most direct route possible. It looks and sounds beautiful, water running at full pelt, tufting white where it hits stones, hanging in long impossible skeins from overhanging rocks or rushing in shallow courses on pebbles. Everywhere is alive to the sound of water. As last year, this is not the season to photograph Arran. A mist was drawing in, as was rain. I saw beauty, but the camera couldn't. We drove back to chez Limey over the centre of the island. I loved it. Bumps and humps and switchbacks and hanging drops. Limey says there are long term residents who will never take the road, regardless of time of day or season or weather. Limey is a rally-level driver though. I never felt anything but safe, and enjoyed the ride immensely. She's not a thrill-seeker; she won't take the road at certain times or conditions, but she knows her stuff. No pics of this obviously. But you should all try to persuade Limey to borrow a video camera and velcro it to her dashboard and capture the journey. Hey, if you set up a fund I'll even go with her to commentate

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