CANCELLED FERRY!! Stranded on the ISLE OF ARRAN!

My valiant attempt at getting off the Isle of Arran & back to mainland Scotland when the Brodick to Ardrossan CalMac ferry was cancelled at short notice due to bad weather.
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As I walked down from the peak of Goatfell I noticed I had a text message from CalMac ferries alerting me to some disruption to the ferry schedule due to poor weather. As I read on I noticed that the ferry I was due to catch in a couple of hours was cancelled and suddenly I was stranded on the Isle of Arran.

I had already pre booked my accommodation for the night in Ayr and even a few places after that - I also had nowhere to stay on the island since I was expecting to be staying there. When I checked to see prices the cheapest one I could find was going for about £150 per night - I had paid almost a third of that during my stay. It would seem that last minute ferry cancellations are good for business if you own a hotel.

When I called CalMac the first ferry I could rebook onto was 4 days away and so I began looking at alternatives. Due to Arran being a small Scottish island the options were pretty dire, although there was one other possibility that I was alerted to by the assistant I talked to on the phone.

Turns out there is a second smaller ferry that sails backwards and forwards between Lochranza on the Isle of Arran and Claonaig on mainland Scotland, however rather than heading east it goes west. A 3-4 hour drive is then required to get back to where I actually wanted to be - Ayr.

There were still plenty of questions and reasons for things not to work out, including the likelihood of the smaller ferry getting cancelled too, whether I’d be able to get to the ferry port in time, if I’d be able to get a spot since it was strictly a ‘turn up and go’ ferry service and there was no ability to pre book. Time was pressing on and so I decided to give it a go - the alternative would be to remain stranded on the island for another 4 days and then risk another ferry cancellation if the weather wasn’t any better.

This video documents my journey and crazy adventure trying to get from the Isle of Arran to the Scottish mainland when all the main ferry routes are cancelled due to inclement weather. Sometimes you’ve just got to make it up as you go along - this was one of those days.

📖 CHAPTERS:
📖 00:00 My Ferry is Cancelled!!
📖 03:29 My Plan
📖 06:58 Lochranza Ferry Terminal
📖 07:47 Will Lochranza to Claonaig Work?
📖 12:00 The Long Drive

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