A blog of blogs

A blog of blogs

Happy New Year! Hope you weren’t affected too badly by the storms. It’s looking like the map of the British coastline may have to be redrawn after this winter. With winds from the south we were lucky enough to be sheltered in Lochranza but we’ve witnessed some big tides engulfing the sea field of the golf course and lapping the doorways of the village houses.

A lot of us start each new year with thoughts of what we’d like to see and do in the coming months, so for this reason I thought you might enjoy sampling a small selection of other bloggers’ thoughts about Arran life.

The following link will take you to a blog written by my daughter Emily about a RIB trip from Lochranza round the Cock of Arran. Emily also lives in a country that has beautiful mountainous landscapes (but no sea) –Switzerland:

http://www.countrybycountry.com/2014/01/isle-arran/

The annual popular Arran Mountain Festival takes place over 4 days from the 16^th-19^th May this year. It offers great value guided walks in the Arran mountains. You can read a varied collection of AMF blogs at:-

http://www.arranmountainfestival.blogspot.co.uk

The next link will take you to Arran in Focus’s stunning photographic blog:-

http://www.arraninfocus.blogspot.co.uk

And this link is guide Lucy Wallace’s blog which focuses on outdoor adventurous activities and wildlife:-

http://www.wildonarran.blogspot.co.uk

You’ll find a treat for the ears at:-

http://www.soundcloud.com/chae-cruickshank

Chae is a geologist from north-east Scotland living in Lochranza. If you were here in the autumn his “Arran in October” will evoke deer memories, I’m sure.

Hope you enjoy reading all these as much as I do.