Thanks, I had not realised that it was that interesting, Chris.
Whenever I went there I was with a navigator student, flying Jet Provosts (Mk
5) and we would stay the night at the RAF Machrihanish Officers' Mess before
heading off the next day back down to base, RAF Finningley in South Yorkshire.
Chris
And Campbelltown was allegedly a dangerous place to be on every other Thursday
– dole day
On 18 Oct 2011, at 15:22, Chris Trask wrote:
>
> Spent an entire week there, with a few layover days. I took advantage of
> the opportunity and walked along the sea break (called the Dorlin) out to
> Davaar Island, where I walked along the shore and found the cave that has the
> painting of the crucifixton (very interesting history), seen here in this
> commercial website:
>
> http://www.kintyreaccommodation.com/map/davaarisland/index.htm
>
> Then visited the lighthouse. An interesting place, the light beacon
> being built in the 19th century. The light itself is a simple single mantle
> gas light, exactly like a Coleman lantern but much larger. There are three
> very large mirrors that rotate, and the bearing for them is a shallow pool of
> mercury. The drive is a clockwork motor with a 20-stone weight. The
> watchman has to wind it up every hour or so.
>
> The launch to travel to Cambeltown is also from the 19th century, with a
> German diesel engine. Got to ride it back to town as the tide was too high
> to safely walk back along the Dorlin and the harbormaster had just brought
> out the mail and groceries.
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