Welcome to Arran

Arrived on Arran this afternoon for 4 days.
Main objective this year is to get to the top of Goatfell, the highest peak on the island. Last year we had to turn back due to worsening visibility. Basically I couldn't see my hand in front of our faces and thats not the time to be still going up. Other than that, Ciaran and I plan to have a relaxing time and to enjoy ourselves.
We are staying at Auchrannie again, quite a nice hotel. We choose the hotel because its a bit of a treat for Ciaran and because it has some nice leisure facilities. To be honest, its also a bit of a treat for me and the pool and spa are great after a day walking.

Weather was overcast so we couldn't even see the summit of Goat Fell. This picture has another 500m of mountain completely missing from it so after some lunch we headed off for a spin. Arran basically has a coast road, located conveniently on the coast, and an inland shortcut which cuts from Brodick west across to Blackwaterfoot. We took the inland shortcut, known as "The String" to have alook at the west coast.

The poor weather seemed to be caught on the ridges as the weather on the west side of the island were much better. Spent the afternoon over at King's cave, on the south west coast. These are impressive sea caves and sea cliffs, though with "bounceback" after the last glaciers left the sea level is much lower and they are some height above sea level now.

It was about an hours walk from the car to the caves and about the same back, though we didn't stop for any pictures. We drove back into Brodick for some food and then back to the hotel for a swim.
Attempt on Goat Fell tomorrow, weather permitting.