Robert Rae is the only person with sailing experience aboard the Weaver, the 42-foot ketch that is battling its way up the west coast of Bute. |
Arran, Islay, Bute and Mull all contain lochs full of trout and also boast short spate rivers with good runs of sea-trout and salmon. |
Everyone's feeling a bit liverish this morning, because we had to have the hacks' reception at Bute House last night. |
The final winner was Eriskay fabric, a worsted material with an unusual honeycomb texture, designed by Catherine Murray from Bute Fabrics. |
Start early by taking the train to Ardrossan and the short ferry hop to Bute. |
The new man in Bute House has already purged his Cabinet and now he's scrapping his predecessor's policy agenda. |