Arran

As a travel blog, it’s been very light on travel stories. So here is a little about our first travel destination - Arran. It’s a pretty big island lying in a huge sea that was viewed by some as an inland sea. It is almost completely surrounded by land mass. Yesterday we climbed the biggest peak on the island - Goat’s Fell (‘fell’ being a mountain).

From the tippy top of Goat’s Fell you can clearly see why the island is promoted as containing elements of lowlands to the south and highlands  (massive rugged peaks) to the north. Our B&B host, Rob, is a fully qualified geologist and explained the geology of the division that separates Scotland  north and south, cutting Arran Island into two separate areas. 

The climb to the top was very hard going, especially the scramble up the last 400 mètres. Nonetheless, we made it, proving once and for all that Australians are the best in the world at everything. 

As usual, the climb down was excruciating on the legs, so we retired to the pub for dinner with very trembly knees. The day was unusually sunny, so the adventure was perfect.