A VISIT TO AILSA CRAIG
On
August 8th 2009 a group of people gathered on the key side at Girvan
to await the arrival of "The Glorious", to take them to Ailsa
Craig. The weather at the meeting time turned to rain unfortunately,
and the mood became less enthusiastic. However the unpredictable Scottish
weather cleared to become a truly "Glorious" day. Hundreds
of photographs were taken, so not all will be reproduced here. CLICK
HERE for a 30 meg movie clip.
The island is well known for being the source of granite used in the
making of curling stones. Stone from the island is still used in the
production at Kay's factory in Mauchline.
Web pages of the GLORIOUS boat
trips
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/mountains/ailsa.htm
maybole.org/PhotoGallery/ailsacraig/ailsacraig2.htm
http://www.nlb.org.uk/ourlights/history/ailsacraig.htm