No that there was much going on. Arran is lovely but is really an outdoor place and it takes a special sort of outdoorsy person to get out of a nice dry car and deliberately get wet and miserable.
In between showers we went for a quick walk down in Broderick. Ciaran made a beeline for a small toy store and in among the other items found the MIG-29 he has been looking for. Then back via the Chocolate Store made him one happy boy.
We then drove South down the East coast with Ciaran practicing his orienteering skills but despite it not actually raining anymore, it never really cleared up. The drive back along the "String" the road through the middle of the island had us up in the cloud cover. Impressive considering we were walking above this last year.
Just at the edge of this picture the land falls away about 100m down to the valley floor and then rises over 200m to overlook the road by about 100m. Not visible today.
After we checked in we headed off to Brodick Castle for lunch and the tour. Its a residential castle - I prefer old ruined ones - but full of impressive items. Some of the grandfather clocks are from 1680s and still working and keeping time!
We later headed back to the hotel and dinner. We then spent the evening in the pool - 2 hours in total and came out totallly prune like.
Back in the room, eating sherbert lemons and watching Big bang Theory
I think we'll take it easy tomorrow and see what the day throws at us. Weather not supposed to be good.
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