http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cycling Kintyre en Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:39:24 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9945#post-107760 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:12:51 +0000 DaveC 107760@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well they had better get a move on as they have 5 weeks to do it! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9945#post-107756 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:44:44 +0000 kaputnik 107756@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Dave,</p> <p>assume they've been so head-over-heels keen to announce the intention to run the pilot of this service that nobody has even set up the timetable yet! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9945#post-107755 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:39:26 +0000 DaveC 107755@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeh I also saw their general free phone number. Why can't they just list the sailings times? Presumably its the same each day/week? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9945#post-107753 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:25:20 +0000 kaputnik 107753@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Contact</p> <p>Nicola Macnaughton 07825 905 987 / 0131 244 2670<br /> </em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9945#post-107752 Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:08:13 +0000 DaveC 107752@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Still press release only!! We don't know the days or times of sailings so we can't take advantage of advance booking of trains or accomodation in Campbelltown. Online booking shows only islands and summer timetable has no info on the sailing!</p> <p>Disapointing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9945#post-107743 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:26:22 +0000 wee folding bike 107743@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Using Arran to get to Islay is quite a pleasant trip. Getting back is best done on a Friday as there is a late boat. </p> <p>Info on the web page now. </p> <p><a href="http://www.calmac.co.uk/Default.aspx.LocID-00inew00z.RefLocID-00i00r00a.Lang-EN.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.calmac.co.uk/Default.aspx.LocID-00inew00z.RefLocID-00i00r00a.Lang-EN.htm</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9945#post-107738 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:54:22 +0000 kaputnik 107738@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@EddieD do it! And make sure to drop into Debbie's café at Bruichladdich for some cake, coffee and to relax in the Velo Club d' Ardbeg corner.</p> <p>Brian from VC Ardbeg / TWMP says it is compulsory to go for a ride with them if you happen to be on "his" island. @TWMP on twitter. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9945#post-107723 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:50:46 +0000 EddieD 107723@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh that's sweet! Thanks for posting this, I've been wanting to go to Islay for years*, but the route to get there was a tad involved.</p> <p>*I'll freely admit Bunnahabhain and The Botanist are two reasons I want to go... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9945#post-107698 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:50:22 +0000 kaputnik 107698@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Heh. Yes, not helpful, assume they'll wait until they publish new timetables officially? Or maybe press release dept. are just a bit ahead of web dept.</p> <p>Was also thinking there's a reasonable route to cycle Glasgow to Ardrossan, shouldn't take more than a few hours.</p> <p>This thread may turn into me thinking aloud about a short tour out to Islay / Jura then maybe north via Colonsay to Oban and Mull and Iona. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9945#post-107697 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:48:01 +0000 DaveC 107697@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice except they have absolutley nothing on their website about it. Typical! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9945#post-107694 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:27:52 +0000 kaputnik 107694@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Saw this on the Beeb today, Calmac launching a summer ferry from Ardrossan to Campbeltown <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-22152943">article here</a>.</p> <p>Bearing in mind Ardrossan is under 2 hours away on the train, and previously you would have had to go across to Brodick, around Arran then across from Lochranza to Skipness, you can now go direct to south of Kintyre and then up the east coast on the B-road. From there Islay and Jura are but a few hours away on the ferry.</p> <p>New opportunity for some shorter touring without having to do the dull bit of "getting there".</p> <p>I may factor this into my summer plans. </p>