{"id":25046,"date":"2017-08-18T13:21:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T12:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=25046"},"modified":"2017-08-19T08:25:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-19T07:25:56","slug":"great-cumbrae-trip-day-4-day-trip-largs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/08\/great-cumbrae-trip-day-4-day-trip-largs\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Cumbrae Trip Day 5 – Day trip to Largs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Day four of our trip to Great Cumbrae and with the kayak race <\/a>completed it was time to chill. I was up early as usual and ready for a nother circumnavigation of the island. Yesterday I had circumnavigated it by surf-ski and bike. Today I was going to do it on foot with an early morning run. It was raining but I set off anyway\u00a0leaving Anna and Morgan to sleep in the camper. I decided to go clockwise this time so that I only had a mile to run for the toilets at the Ferry Terminal and for some different views.<\/p>\n

Running Around Great Cumbrae<\/h2>\n

I headed off into the wind and rain from Wine Bay, around the rugged coastline past White Bay and on past the monument at the top of the island. The next landmark was the ferry terminal where I stopped at the toilet. I then continued on past the watersports centre. Surf Ski’s and kayaks were still strewn across the grass here. Some people who had raced yesterday were staying in the centre and had yet to pack up fully.<\/p>\n

The rain increased as I headed south along the long road towards Millport. It did ease by the time I passed Lion Rock though and reached the Marine Biology Research station. Then the sun started to make an appearance as I made my way into Millport. The path and the road follow the coastline past large house that line the seashore and then onto the main promenade, past Crocodile Rock and on towards the harbour. I was keeping up a steady but not fast pace.<\/p>\n

Before long I was heading out of Millport and out onto the western side of the island. The weather was improving all the time and the views out to Bute and the mountains of Arran were just the tonic for an easy morning run. The miles were ticking by and I soon approached Fintry Bay. Almost all of the little parking paces along this side of the island were occupied by campers and there had been a row of motorhomes along the prom in Millport too. There were now signs of life from some of them though as people began to wake up. I was soon heading towards the rocky shores of the north of the island and followed the windy road as it crept its way around the island hugging the rocky shore as it went. Seals could be seen on the rocks and splashing in the waters, cormorants were preening themselves on rocky ledges and curlew, lapwing and plovers patrolled the sandy beaches. Before long our camper came in sight. I;d been gradually picking up the pace and soon completed the circumnavigation having run exactly 10 miles in a time of 1hr 23mins.<\/p>\n