5 Ferry Challenge

All the gear, no idea - racking up the bike on the ferry

The weather couldn't have been better for our 72 mile bike ride yesterday.  A far cry from what it was last year on our 5 ferry challenge of wind and torrential rain. Instead it was beautifully sunny and still. The scenery around Argyll, Ayrshire and Arran was simply stunning.

15 of us set off from Campbeltown bright and early at 6 am, meeting at Kennacraig but not to board for Islay...

Well deserved drink break at Ardrossan

-Cycle to Tarbert (pick up a tea en-route) - 6 miles
-Ferry to Portavadie
-Cycle to Colintraive (hard, hilly - 20 miles in 90 minutes to make 10am ferry, woo!)
-Ferry to Bute
-Cycle to Rothesay - 8 miles
-Ferry to Wemyss Bay (Cereal bar energy food time - peanut nature valley, yum!)
-Cycle to Ardrossan (20 flat, busy miles then mojito time!)
-Ferry to Brodick, Arran
-Cycle to Lochranza via Malt and Music festival - 14 miles, mostly flat but one HUGE hill at the end followed by a crazy fast windy descent into Lochranza (amazing smoked whisky coffee and picked up a bottle of Arran Gold)
-Ferry to Cloanig
-Cycle to Kennacraig (7 miles)

-Drive back to Campbeltown, full of smiles, making it home an hour earlier than last year

Enjoying Arran Malt and Music Festival before ferry

Ferry fun

My summer home

We all celebrated, of course, with a slap-up meal at the Harbourview Grille restaurant - yum!

Fantastic day out with some great people, awesome banter and memories.  Despite it being the last week of term in school this week I've had a busy, disappointing week leaving me in a bit of a low mood but this was the perfect remedy.  Time for summer holidays :-)