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Yesterday we went to Blackwaterfoot to walk to The Kings Caves from the golf course.
We were a wee bit stiff so set off the easy route across the golf course and round the back of the basalt cliffs (which do a bit of a giants causeway hexagonal pillar thing). The Kings Caves were inhabited on and off for about 5000 years and the celtic carvings are still clear on the walls although the cave paintings have long been washed away. Famous residents include Fingle the Giant and Robert The Bruce, King of Scots who resovled, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again." While watching a spider trying to build it's web ot the mouth of the main cave. The photos don't do them justice as the braken is very high just now. The caves soar about 20ft high in places and go quite deep. Couldn't get the ones inside to come out so just took pics of the smaller ones. Couldn't get far enough back to take the bigger caves as the tide was in but will try again in the winter.



The basalt cliffs are in the background, too far away to see sorry.


After a good mooch round, beach picnic and stone tower building (it's addictive) we carried on along the beach and up along the forestry path to Machrie

This is The Mull of Kintyre taken from the beach in front of The Kings Caves. The sun is low as it's about 4.30pm

This is taken from the forestry walk with the Kilbrannan Sound in the background.
We came up onto the coast road and walked towards Machrie then crossed over and hobbled the last mile up to the standing stones (We were a bit stiff by this point after yesterdays exertions, so much so that I was struggling with a rediculously easy style. The Machrie Standing Stones are always worth the tiny effort of wandering up there.


If you look closely my face has melted in this one... a bit spooky?

For scale

Tree huggers beware.

Don't tell me this has nothing to do with willie worship!

Then we all hitched back to Blackwaterfoot for lashings of ginger beer!