CoyoteBoy Posted September 9, 2009 Report Posted September 9, 2009 I popped down to Troon last weekend to scope the beaches and see what the area was like, maybe speak to a few locals if there were any. Having heard that it's a veritable party for locals and there's always someone out surfing if theres wind, I was rather surprised that at 2pm on a Sunday with 15-20kt cross-on there was no-one about?! Dont get me wrong, I love an empty beach, in fact I dislike more than a couple of users on a beach (I hate it when beaches get popular!) but I was a bit confused, was this a one-off? Quote
kraftyone Posted September 9, 2009 Report Posted September 9, 2009 Perhaps they heard you were coming? Quote
Dominic5885 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Posted September 9, 2009 I kite at troon and most of the time its packed dunno what that was about did you go to both beaches. Ive been away all summer tho Quote
CoyoteBoy Posted September 9, 2009 Author Report Posted September 9, 2009 Yup, drove the whole coastline pretty much, no-one out, unless I was at a different troon?! How packed is packed? I think I'll avoid it if there's more than 5 or 6 on there! Quote
s29feb Posted September 9, 2009 Report Posted September 9, 2009 Did you go to Barassie beach the other side of the town? I would hav ebeen out but unfortunatley I was in El Medano Quote
s29feb Posted September 9, 2009 Report Posted September 9, 2009 Did you go to Barassie beach the other side of the town? I would hav ebeen out but unfortunatley I was in El Medano Quote
danmon81 Posted September 9, 2009 Report Posted September 9, 2009 near the golf course? car park near the beach? Was it B'pool weekend? Quote
CoyoteBoy Posted September 9, 2009 Author Report Posted September 9, 2009 Yup, parked near the golf course and walked down the beach, but had driven up the other direction (drove down the coast from seamill, didn't see a jot all the way). Ah well I'll pop out again soon, maybe some of the locals will be back from sunnier climes Quote
blowmeharder Posted September 10, 2009 Report Posted September 10, 2009 You didnt drive to every beach from seamill to troon dude or you wud have seen 3 of us at Stevenston ...ALL DAY Ur geography aint ur strong point clearly Quote
Andy-j Posted September 10, 2009 Report Posted September 10, 2009 You didnt drive to every beach from seamill to troon dude or you wud have seen 3 of us at Stevenston ...ALL DAY Ur geography aint ur strong point clearly Easy tiger... Quote
CoyoteBoy Posted September 10, 2009 Author Report Posted September 10, 2009 blow me, nice attitude, I sure hope the rest of the locals don't come across the same way. I did actually drive all the way down the coast keeping my eyes peeled, including right through Ardrossan. I didn't drive up to every beach but (as I specifically stated) I followed the coast roads all the way down and normally its pretty easy to see a kite from a few hundred yards. Obviously I missed you, I'm not sure why that seems to upset you so much. Regardless, the original question was about Troon, the point about coming down from the north was simply a side comment. Incidentally I think you'll find its my observation thats at fault, not my geography. Quote
sw67 Posted September 11, 2009 Report Posted September 11, 2009 Perhaps the forecast fooled a lot of the guys - XC was only showing 14mph from the south and in kilmarnock6 miles away it was pissing down all day. Thats why i wasnt there Quote
CoyoteBoy Posted September 11, 2009 Author Report Posted September 11, 2009 Yup, seems likely. I've not got used to how the forecast sites are accuracy-wise with this area yet, so it was pure fluke on my part Quote
Andy C Posted September 11, 2009 Report Posted September 11, 2009 Ur geography aint ur strong point clearly ...and public relations aren't yours, clearly.... Quote
blowmeharder Posted September 11, 2009 Report Posted September 11, 2009 blow me, nice attitude, I sure hope the rest of the locals don't come across the same way. I did actually drive all the way down the coast keeping my eyes peeled, including right through Ardrossan. I didn't drive up to every beach but (as I specifically stated) I followed the coast roads all the way down and normally its pretty easy to see a kite from a few hundred yards. Obviously I missed you, I'm not sure why that seems to upset you so much. Regardless, the original question was about Troon, the point about coming down from the north was simply a side comment. Incidentally I think you'll find its my observation thats at fault, not my geography. I conceed that i was tired and crabbitt when i put that post on ....Therfore the tone was not my usual self........ Unreserved apologies dude - we have soooooo much space on our beaches I welcome the odd visitor Quote
flyingsolo Posted October 2, 2009 Report Posted October 2, 2009 as said above if the wind reports are low or the nearest web cams show rain then a lot of the guys from glasgow would not waste their time going down . most of the summer you will normally find at leaste a few guys there at the most ive seen 10 to 15 kites at barrasie and it was not crowded as there is lots of room Quote
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