Journey No 10 – 22nd to 23rd May 2010

22nd May 2010

Departed Carrick Castle after lunch to go to the Westerly Owners Association (WOA) Muster at Otter Ferry, Loch Fyne by motorhome rather than by our yacht, Dream Weaver as we would usually do to musters… The fact was it would take 10 hours each way to cover the 50 miles to the muster whereas in Harrie it would take about 1 1/4 hrs each way to cover approximately 35 miles. So we decided to visit the Kilmodon Sculptured Stones (14th & 15th century carved grave slabs preserved at Clachan of Glendarel, Argyll by the church) another Historic Scotland site. There are eleven stones in the collection.

We then drove over the hill to Otter Ferry on a very narrow and steep road with a 5 Ton limit. Harrie just fit on the road in many places and had to use 1st gear to climb up to 318 metres. This road would not be for those of a nervous disposition! Fortunately we did not pass any traffic in the 6 miles of very narrow road as there were few passing places. The road was wide at the place we took this photo!

When we arrived at Otter Ferry we parked up the the car park and took a photo of the yachts that had arrived for the WOA Muster.

We met up with 19 other WOA members at the Oystercatcher Restaurant in Otter Ferry for dinner. Most came by yacht but one other member also arrived in his motorhome. We were all invited on to one of the Westerly yachts for pre-dinner drinks and then had a good meal at the restaurant.

We stayed in the car park over night by the beach. The weather was perfect as far as having a calm sea and sun and also being hot – however, not great for sailing.

23rd May 2010

In the morning we pumped up Liz’s inflatable kayak and she went for a short sea trip in it however it was not great to control with a single paddle – it would have been better with a double kayak paddle. The kayak, that could take two, needed more air in it to carry two.

The Oystercatcher Restaurant is in the background and Harrie is parked up to the back right by the beach. We then had a walk out along the spit before heading home in the afternoon. The coast road had a sign at the start that said 3 Ton maximum weight. Harrie’s weight is 2.8 Ton. The road was fine, single track and very scenic. We met quite a few cars fortunately nearly all at passing places.

Mileage at the end of the journey was 115145 km. Trip mileage 119 km (74 miles).