Taking advantage of this continuing good weather (I chose a great year to bike islands! ), I set off on the train to Largs by way of a 14 mile reccie of a GoSkyride route in Glasgow. Checked on a 93 year-old friend in Largs, introduced the support team (of one) to the iconic Nardini's and got on the ferry for the very short crossing to the Isle of Cumbrae. |
| Knickerbocker glories |
The road around the coast is only 10 miles but it felt longer to support team, Mehrab, as we had already biked 27 miles that day. In the late afternoon, it was peaceful and beautiful. There were more bicycles on that route than cars, as people enjoyed the unexpected warm sunshine.
There are five posts along the way and the visitor is invited to touch all five in order to be able to take home some of the luck of the islanders. Great idea for getting people to engage with their surroundings. We duly stopped at each of them and touched them. I have plenty of luck already but good to stock up anyway.
We ate at the Chinese restaurant because everywhere else stopped serving very early. This is different to the Glasgow nightlife that Mehrab is used to. The restaurant is not licenced but has an arrangement with the pub next door that customers can buy drinks and bring them in. The restaurant staff return the glasses next day. What a simple and effective solution!
We are travelling in the week before the Referendum. This is an extraordinary time to be in Scotland. Public engagement in politics has never been this high. This is a 'divided house' I was told by one of the occupants. Wow!
The B&B was disappointingly typical of long ago. While being a modern house it was stingy about things, which is so silly. But there is so little accommodation on the island that you can get away with all sorts of second-rate service. It is not on TripAdvisor but I got my 'revenge' by paying with a cheque instead of cash. I'll leave the reader to work that one out.
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