DALINTOBER used to have a beach where kids could splash about in sunny summer safety without needing to journey out of town.
One man in his 70s said it was a bit ‘clarty’ in the 1960s but no one cared. Today the water sparkles and is very clear, even a long way out, but the sand has long gone as eventually it washes away.
Four years ago a campaign started to restore the beach. One of the main planks of fundraising is a New Year’s day swim. Last year just 20 people took part in fancy dress but this weekend at MACC there were 220 Challengers, proving that Kintyre has its fair share of daredevils.