ARDNAMURCHAN TOUR

10 DAYS TO ARDNAMURCHAN APRIL 23rd 2004 FRIDAY 23rd INVERCOE CARAVAN PARK GLENCOE. WE GET OUT OF BED AT 7AM YOU NOW WHAT ITS LIKE, YOU INTEND TO BE AWAY BY 8AM BUT ITS MORE LIKE 10AM BEFORE YOU ARE OUT THE FRONT DOOR. WE ARRIVE AT KINCARDINE STORAGE COMPOUND WHERE OUR PRIDE AND JOY LIVES, OUR COMPASS LYNX, THEN THE LOADING FROM THE CAR TO VAN STARTS, EVERYTHING BUT (THE YOU KNOW WHAT) GETS SHIFTED FROM CAR TO VAN THEN BACK AGAIN. EVENTUALY WE GET EVERYTHING STOWED AND THE VAN IS HITCHED UP AND READY TO ROLL. WE ARE HEADING FOR INVERCOE CARAVAN SITE, GLENCOE, TODAY THE WEATHERS BEHAVING ITSELF AND WE ARE IN HIGH SPIRITS AS ITS OUR FIRST FULL WEEK AWAY THIS SEASON. WE HEAD FOR THE M9 MOTORWAY TO JUNCTION 10 THEN ON TO THE A84 TO CALLANDER, PASSING THE GART CARAVAN PARK, WHICH IS SITUATED JUST BEFORE YOU ENTER CALLANDER. THEN ON TO CRIANLARICH AND ITS TIME FOR A PIT STOP AT THE NEAREST LAYBY AND OUT COMES THE COFFEE AND SANNIES. REFUELLED AGAIN WE HEAD OFF TO INVERCOE, ITS A BIT OF A CLIMB UP TO RANNOCH MOOR BUT AT THE TOP THE SCENERY IS FANTASTIC IN ALL DIRECTIONS. THE ROAD FROM HERE IS PRETTY MUCH STRAIGHT AND HEADS THROUGH RANNOCH AND GLENCOE TO GLENCOE VILLAGE WHERE WE TURN OFF ONTO THE B836, (TURN RIGHT JUST AFTER THE FILLING STATION), INVERCOE CARAVAN PARK IS ABOUT A HALF MILE ON THE LEFT. THE RECEPTION OFFICE IS CLOSED BUT THE SIGN ON THE DOOR TELLS US THAT THE OFFICE WILL BE OPEN AT 4PM SO WE FIND OURSELVES A PITCH WITH A NICE VIEW, THAT NARROWS OUR CHOICE DOWN TO ANY AVAILIBLE PITCH. AFTER WE GET SETUP ITS OFF TO THE LOCAL FOR PINT, (WELL IT HAS BEEN ALONG DRIVE), ANY EXCUSE. THERE IS A CHOICE OF TWO PUBS, THE GLENCOE HOTEL OR THE CLACHAIG INN, WE GO TO BOTH. THERE ARE SHOPS NOT TO FAR FROM THE SITE WHERE WE GET SOME FOOD SUPPLIES, THEN BACK TO THE VAN TO SETTLE DOWN FOR THE NIGHT. TOMORROW WE CROSS OVER LOCH LINNHE ON THE CORRAN FERRY, (ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF INVERCOE), TO ARDGOUR. SATURDAY 24th GLENVIEW CARAVAN PARK, STRONTAIN, LOCH SUNART IN THE MORNING I OPENED THE WINDOW BLIND TO A RAIN SOAKED CARAVAN PARK, THE SKY WAS GREY AND IT DID NOT LOOK LIKE IT WAS GOING TO CLEAR ALL DAY, WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE RUBBER RESCUE CRAFT NOT 10 FEET FROM OUR WINDOW, MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS I HOPE THAT WE WON,T NEED IT. THE RESCUE TEAM WERE UP AND HAVING THEIR BACON SANDWICHES. AFTER OUR OWN BREAKFAST WE GOT HITCHED UP AND WERE AWAY BY 9.30AM TO CORRAN. I ONCE READ A MAGAZINE ARTICLE WHICH STATED THAT GETTING ON AND OFF THIS FERRY WAS A LITTLE DICEY WITH THE POSSIBLITY OF SCRAPING YOUR CORNER STEADIES, IT TURNED OUT TO BE TRUE. GETTING ON THE FERRY AT CORRAN WAS OK BUT GETTING OFF AT ARDGOUR WAS A DIFFERENT STORY, AS THE JETTY WAS I THINK A LITTLE STEEPER THAN THE CORRAN SIDE. ALL SAID AND DONE THERE WAS NO REAL DAMAGE, JUST AS THE ARTICLE STATES, ONE SCAPED STEADY. LEAVING ARDGOUR BEHIND, THE ROADS SOON BECAME SINGLE TRACK WITH PASSING PLACES AND THAT'S HOW IT STAYED FOR THE REST OF OUR TIME IN THE MOIDART AND ARDAMURCHAN AREA, THAT, S WHY WE WENT IN THE FIRST PLACE FOR THE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY, AND THATS EXACTLY WHAT WE GOT. ARRIVING AT GLEVIEW CARAVAN SITE THE WARDEN KINDLY TOOK TIME TO GUIDE ME INTO A RATHER AWKWARD PITCH WITH OVER HANGING TREES, ALSO THE GROUND WAS A BIT BOGGY DUE TO HEAVY RAIN THAT WEEK. ONCE SETUP, WE TOOK A WALK INTO THE VILLAGE TO GET SOME GROCERIES, THERE IS A MINI MARKET BESIDE THE TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICE IN THE VILLAGE SQUARE. RESIPOLE FARM CARAVAN PARK WAS THE PARK WE WERE TO STAY AT FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK, SO WE DECIDED TO CHECK OUT OUR NEW HOME FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. RESIPOLE FARM IS ONLY ABOUT 8 MILES ALONG THE ROAD FROM STRONTAIN, AND IS IN OUR VIEW, A MUCH BETTER SITE, NOT THAT GLENVIEW IS A BAD SITE, ITS JUST THAT ANN AND MYSELF BOTH PREFER A MORE OPEN SITE WITH A NICE PANORAMIC VIEW, ALTHOUGH OPEN SITES CAN BE QUITE BREEZY AT TIMES. I REMEMBER THE TIME WE SPENT THREE STORM LASHED DAYS IN UIG CARAVAN SITE, ISLE OF SKYE. THE SKYE BRIDGE WAS CLOSED AND AS WE DID NOT RELISH THE THOUGHT OF TRYING TO TOW THE VAN TO ANOTHER SITE IN SUCH CONDITIONS, WE WERE STUCK THERE LIKE IT OR NOT. AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT CARAVAN ANCHORS, I DO NOW! AFTER DINNER WE THOUGHT WE WOULD VISIT THE STRONTAIN HOTEL AND TREAT OURSELVES TO A COUPLE DRINKS. THE HOTEL BAR LOUNGE HAS A PANORAMIC VIEW LOOKING STRAIGHT DOWN LOCH SUNART, THAT PARTICULAR EVENING HAD A SPECTACULAR SUNSET, AND IN CONTRAST TO INVERCOE'S GRAY WET START IT WAS THE PERFECT FINISH TO ANOTHER GREAT CARAVANING DAY. SUNDAY 25th RESIPOLE FARM CARAVAN PARK LOCH SUNART AN EARLY START WAS THE ORDER OF THE DAY AS WE WANTED TO GET THE VAN ALONG THE ROAD TO RESIPOLE FARM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE QUITE SUNDAY MORNING ROADS, IT WORKED, AS WE ONLY CAME FACE TO FACE WITH TWO OTHER VEHICLES, NOT THAT ITS DIFFICULT TOWING A CARAVAN ON SINGLE TRACK ROADS, IT JUST MAKES LIFE EASIER FOR ALL CONCERNED IF YOU CAN CATCH THEM AT A QUITE TIME OF THE DAY. BEARING IN MIND THAT THESE ROADS ARE USED BY EVERYDAY TRAFFIC INCLUDING LARGE TRUCKS MANOUVERING CAN GET A LITTLE TRICKY. ARRIVING SAFELY AT RESIPOLE FARM WE GO THOUGH OUR USUAL ROUTINE OF SETTING UP WHICH IS NOW DOWN TO A FINE ART, AND SETTLE DOWN TO BREAKFAST. RESIPOLE IS A WELL LAID OUT AND SPACIOUS SITE WITH FANTASTIC VIEWS DOWN LOCH SUNART, THE SITE HAS IT'S OWN RESTARAUNT AND BAR. SADLY I AM UNABLE TO TELL YOU ANTHING ON THIS SUBJECT AS I WAS TOLD BY A FELLOW CARAVANNER ON OUR ARRIVAL AT THE SITE THAT THE BAR RESTARAUNT DID NOT OPEN FOR BUSINESS UNTIL THE 1ST OF MAY, HE WAS PRETTY DISAPPOINTED AS BOTH HIM AND HIS WIFE WHERE LOOKING FORWARD TO A NICE MEAL AND A DRINK ON THE SATURDAY NIGHT THEY ARRIVED. ANN AND I WERE DEVASTATED TO FIND OUT THAT OUR EVENING HOLIDAY PINT WAS NOT TO BE, SO BE WARNED. AFTER A QUICK LOOK AT THE MAP WE DECIDE TO VISIT ARDTOE TO THE NORTH. FROM THE SITE IT'S ONLY A SHORT JOURNEY OF AROUND 12-MILES TO KENTRA AND ADRTOE. ONCE YOU REACH ACHARACLE TURN LEFT ONTO THE (B8044) ROAD, ARDTOE HAS SOME GREAT BEACHES AND NOT MUCH OF ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THE LANDSCAPES/SEASCAPES ARE WORTH THE JOURNEY ALONE, MORE SO IF LIKE ME, YOU ARE A KEEN AMATUER PHOTOGRAPHER. WHILE ON THE SUBJECT FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PHOTOGRAPHY ALL THE IMAGES ON THIS SITE WERE TAKEN ON A SMALL KODAK DIGITAL CAMERA, MODEL NO, DX6440. ARRIVING BACK AT THE SITE WE SETTLED DOWN TO DINNER AND A GLASS OR TWO OF OUR FAVOURITE WHITE WINE. IT WAS SUCH A LOVELY EVENING WE DECIDED TO GO FOR A WALK ALONG THE ROAD WHICH, GOES PASSED THE SITE. AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR THE MIDGES ARE NOT SO MUCH OF A PROBLEM. AS THE NIGHT WAS QUITE WARM AND STILL, HAD IT BEEN THE MONTH OF MAY I THINK THAT WE WOULD PROBALLY HAVE BEEN EATEN ALIVE. MONDAY 26th DAY TRIP TO MALLAIG TODAY WE DECIDE ON A TRIP TO MALLAIG. THE (A861) ROAD GOES PAST RESIPOLE FARM AND HEADS NORTH PAST ACHARACLE, THEN CLIMBS UP TO KINLOCHMOIDART AND EVENTUALLY ENDS AT LOCHAILORT. AT THIS POINT YOU TAKE A LEFT ON TO THE (A830) MALLAIG ROAD, AGAIN THE SCENERY IS QUITE SPECTACULAR. A NEW ROAD HAS BEEN BUILT, WHICH BY-PASSES THE OLD COAST ROAD. THIS NEW ROAD IS MUCH FASTER IF YOU ARE IN A HURRY, IF NOT, YOU CAN STILL TAKE THE COAST ROAD, IT STARTS AT ARISAIG AND GOES STRAIGHT AS THE CROW FLIES ALL THE WAY TO MALLAIG. THE SKYE FERRY LEAVES MALLAIG FOR ARMADALE ON THE SOUTH END OF SKYE AT REGULAR INTERVALS. MALLAIG IS A BUSY TOWN WITH THE FERRY PORT AND LOTS OF BUS TOURS, THERE ARE ALSO OTHER BOAT TOURS TO CRUISE THE DAY AWAY. BRUCE WATT SEA CRUISES AT MALLAIG PROVIDES A SUPPLIES SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE OF INVERIE ON KNOYDART AND TARBET, LOCH NEVIS. THEY ALSO TAKE DAY-TRIPPERS AT A COST OF AROUND £9 TO £14 DEPENDING ON THE DAY, TIME OF DEPATURE AND DESTINATION. FOR MORE DETAILS GO TO http://www.knoydart-ferry.co.uk HEADING BACK TO ARDNAMURCHAN WE MAKE A SHORT STOP AT MORAR FOR A WALK ON THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE SANDY BEACHES, AT WHICH POINT, THE RAIN CAME CRASHING DOWN AND IT WAS A HASTY RETREAT BACK TO THE CAR. OUR NEXT STOP WAS BACK AT ACHARACLE WITH A TRIP TO THE MINI MARKET FOR DINNER AND MORE WHITE WINE, THEN BACK TO RESIPOLE TO RELAX AND END ANOTHER GREAT DAY OUT. TUESDAY 27th ISLE OF IONA WE WAITED FOR A DAY WITH A REASONABLY GOOD WEATHER FORECAST, TODAY WAS THAT DAY. SO IT WAS OUT OF BED AT THE CRACK OF DAWN, I LOVE GETTING UP EARLY ITS JUST GETTING OUT OF BED I FIND A BIT DAUNTING. WE WANTED TO CATCH THE 9AM FERRY AT LOCHALINE TO FISHNISH ISLE OF MULL, APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES FROM RESIPOLE FARM. IT WAS SINGLE TRACK ROAD ALL THE WAY TO LOCHALINE FERRY TERMINAL, SO WE ADD A BIT MORE TIME TO OUR NORMAL 20 MILE TRIPS. THE FERRY CROSSING TAKES AROUND 20 MINUTES TO FISHNISH, THEN ONTO FIONNPHORT TAKING A LEFT TURN AT THE END OF THE FERRY ROAD ONTO THE (A849). THIS IS A TWO LANE ROAD AS FAR AS CRAIGNURE, APPROX 8 MILES AND THEN YOU GUESTED IT SINGLE TRACK FROM THEN ON IN, TO FIONNPHORT, A JOURNEY OF APPROX ONE AND A HALF HOURS, WE ARRIVE WITH TIME TO SPARE TO CATCH THE 12PM FERRY TO THE ISLE OF IONA ANOTHER SHORT TRIP ACROSS THE SOUND OF IONA. YOU REALLY NEED MORE TIME TO VISIT THIS BEAUTIFUL ISLAND. AS WE ONLY HAD A FEW HOURS TO SPEND ON THE ISLAND, WE ONLY HAD TIME TO EXPLORE THE ABBEY AND A FEW SHOPS, BUT THE TRIP WAS WELL WORTH. IF YOU WERE STAYING AT THE SHEILING SITE CRAIGNURE ON THE ISLE OF MULL YOU WOULD HAVE MUCH MORE TIME TO SPARE ON IONA AS YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUSH TO CATCH THE FERRY BACK TO LOCHALINE ON THE MAINLAND. THE FIVE PM FERRY FROM FISHNISH WAS VERY QUITE SO WE HAD IT ALMOST TO OURSELVES, AS WAS THE ROAD (A884) BACK TO RESIPOLE FARM. TRAVELLING ALONG THIS ROAD AT THIS TIME OF EVENING WAS A REAL PLEASURE AS THE SCENERY AND LIGHT AT THIS TIME OF YEAR WAS STUNNING. ARRIVING BACK AT STRONTAIN WE FILL UP WITH FUEL AS THERE ISN'T TO MANY FILLING STATIONS IN THIS AREA, WE ALSO PICKED UP A FEW GROCERIES AT THE MINI MARKET IN THE VILLAGE, THEN BACK TO OUR PITCH AT RESIPOLE FARM CARAVAN PARK TO END ANOTHER GREAT DAY OUT. WEDNESDAY 28TH PORTUAIRK, SANNA BAY AND ARDNAMURCHAN LIGHTHOUSE. TODAY'S TRIP TAKES IN ALL THE ABOVE PLACES, AS THEY ARE ONLY A FEW MILES APART FROM EACH OTHER. FIRST STOP IS ARDNAMURCHAN LIGHTHOUSE, THIS IS THE MOST WESTERLY POINT IN MAINLAND BRITAIN WITH VIEWS OVER TO THE ISLES OF MUCK, RUM AND EIGG. THERE IS A CAFÉ AND SHOP WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE A TICKET TO VIEW THE WORKINGS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE AND ALSO LOOK AROUND THE VARIOUS ROOMS WHICH ARE ON DISPLAY, WITH AUDIO VIDEO INFORMATION ON THE WAY OF LIFE OF THE MEN WHO LIVED AND WORKED ON BRITAINS LIGHTHOUSES. THERE ARE ALSO PICNIC BENCHES AT THE SIDE OF THE CAFÉ/SHOP WITH GREAT VIEWS WHILE YOU ENJOY YOUR LUNCH AND PASS AWAY AN HOUR OR SO. MOVING ONTO THE VILLAGE OF PORTUAIRK A COUPLE OF MILES AWAY, IF YOU LIKED THE PHOTO (VIEWS FROM PORTUAIRK) THIS SCENE CAN BE VIEWED FROM A SMALL LAYBY AT THE TOP OF THE HILL JUST BEFORE YOU ENTER THE VILLAGE, THEN A SHORT AND EASY CLIMB TO THE TOP OF THE HILL, THE LAYBY IS ALSO USED BY WALKERS DOING THE PORTUAIRK TO SANNA BAY COASTAL WALK, BUT THERE IS USUALLY PLENTY OF ROOM TO PARK. IF YOU'RE NOT IN THE MOOD FOR WALKING, GETTING TO SANNA BAY MEANS RETRACING YOUR ROUTE BACK ALMOST TO KILCHOAN VILLAGE, ABOUT ONE MILE BEFORE THE VILLAGE TAKE A LEFT TURN SIGNPOSTED SANNA BAY. THE BEACHES AT SANNA ARE FANTASTIC WITH WONDERFUL VIEWS ALL AROUND YOU, A GREAT PLACE TO SPEND A HOT SUMMERS DAY IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET ONE THAT IS, (IT MUST HAVE BEEN OUR LUCKY DAY). HEADING BACK TO RESIPOLE WE STOPPED OFF AT KILCHOAN VILLAGE WHERE WE FILLED UP ON FUEL AND BOUGHT SOME GROCERIES AT THE MINI MARKET, ON OUR JOURNEY BACK TO THE CARAVAN WE GOT HELD UP FOR 20 MINS OR SO BY ROADWORKS ON THE (B8007), THIS IS ARDNAMURCHAN,S MAIN ROAD JUST WEST OF SALEN VILLAGE. WHILE SITTING AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS I NOTICED THAT THE TRAFFIC BEHIND WAS PILING UP, IN FACT IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST AMOUNT OF CARS THAT I HAD SEEN ALL WEEK. ONCE WE EVENTUALLY GOT THE GREEN LIGHTAND BEING AT THE FRONT OF THE CONVOY, I DECIDED TO PULL OVER AT THE NEXT AVAILABLE LAYBY TO ALLOW THE LOCALS TO OVERTAKE, THEY ARE MUCH MORE ADAPT AT DRIVING ON THESE ROADS, NOT TO MENTION ITS EASIER DRIVING AT THE REAR IN THIS SITUATION AS THE DRIVERS AT THE FRONT HAVE TO DO ALL THE CONCENTRATING, I.E. WATCHING FOR ANY ONCOMING VEHICLES. WE WERE SOON TRAVELLING ALONG AT 50 OR SO MILES AN HOUR LIKE A WELL OILED ROLLERCOASTER, ARRIVING BACK AT RESIPOLE FARM WE HAD OUR DINNER WASHED DOWN WITH THE REMAINS OF YESTERDAY'S WINE. WE WERE FEELING ENERGETIC SO WE DECIDED TO GO FOR A WALK ALONG THE ROAD PAST THE SLIPWAY, WHICH REMINDS ME, ANYONE WHO HAS THEIR OWN BOAT CAN LAUNCH FROM THE SITE'S OWN PRIVATE SLIPWAY INTO LOCH SUNART. TOMORROW WE HITCH UP AND HEAD FOR THE CARAVAN CLUB SITE AT NORTH LEDAIG, OBAN. THE PAST FEW DAYS HERE ON THE ARDNAMURCHAN PENINSULA HAVE BEEN UTTER BLISS AND WE WILL BE BACK AGAIN SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, BUT FOR NOW ITS THAT TIME AGAIN WHEN (NEARLY) ALL CARAVANNERS TRANSFORM THEIR SOFAS INTO A DOUBLE BED. FOR MORE INFO ON ARDNAMRCHAN CHECK OUT MY LINKS PAGE WHERE YOU WILL FIND LOTS OF OTHER INFORMATIVE SITES SUCH AS http://www.ardnamurchan.com THURSDAY 29TH NORTH LEDAIG OBAN WE DECIDED TO COME BACK HOME BY WAY OF LOCHAILORT (A861), AND GLENFINNAN (A830), I THINK ANN WAS THINKING OF THE SCRAPED CORNER STEADY WE GOT COMING OFF THE CORRAN FERRY. THE COST OF TAKING THE CAR AND CARAVAN PLUS TWO ADULTS ON THE CORRAN FERRY WAS £12.50 SO IT WASN'T GOING TO COST US ALL THAT MUCH MORE FOR FUEL COMING BACK THIS WAY, BESIDES WE WERE ON HOLIDAY AND NOT IN ANY RUSH. AS WE APPROACHED KINLOCHMOIDART (A861) SINGLE TRACK ROAD, WE ENCOUNTERED OUR FIRST MAJOR OBSTACLE, COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WAS A LGV LOGGING TRUCK, LUCKILY WE WERE ABLE TO SEE IT'S APPROACH SO HAD TIME TO GET INTO A PASSING PLACE BIG ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH THE CAR AND CARAVAN, HAD WE MET A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS BACK THINGS MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE TRICKIER, AS THE ROAD WAS QUITE NARROW AND TWISTY WITH LONGER SPACES BETWEEN PASSING PLACES. THE MORAL OF THE STORY, BE PRERARED FOR ANYTHING ON THESE SINGLE TRACK ROADS AS YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT LIES ROUND THE CORNER NORTH LEDAIG CARAVAN PARK IS A REALLY OPEN AND SPACIOUS SITE WITH GREAT VIEWS OVER THE FIRTH OF LORNE TO THE ISLE OF MULL. ARRIVING AT LEDAIG WE GOT OURSELVES BOOKED IN AT THE RECEPTION OFFICE WHICH, IS ALSO A WELL-STOCKED MINI MARKET. THE SITE IS SO BIG THAT EVERYONE BOOKING IN GETS AN ESCORT TO THEIR PITCH WHICH ARE MOSTLY ROLL ON ROLL OFF TYPES, THIS KIND OF PITCH IS GREAT FOR GETTING SETUP QUICKLY. OBAN AND ANN GOT ON GREAT (PLENTY OF SHOPS), AFTER ARDNAMURCHAN IT WAS LIKE SHOPPING IN GLASGOW, SO OUR FIRST DAY WAS SPENT IN AND OUT OF EVERY SHOP, WELL JUST ABOUT. OBAN IS THE GATEWAY TO THE SCOTTISH ISLANDS, CALMAC FERRIES OPERATE VARIOUS SERVICES, FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO http://www.calmac.co.uk FRIDAY 30TH ON OUR SECOND DAY AT NORTH LEDAIG THE WEATHER WAS WET AND WINDY SO WE DECIDED TO SPEND THE DAY TOURING THE AREA, THIS INCLUDED A STOP OFF AT STALKER CASTLE VIEWPOINT. COMING FROM THE OBAN SIDE THE CAR PARK IS ON THE LEFT ABOUT ONE MILE PAST APPIN VILLAGE, THERE IS ALSO A RESTAURANT AT THE VIEWPOINT. THE VIEWS ARE JUST AS GOOD IF YOU ARE HAVING A PICNIC IN YOUR CAR; ANN AS USUAL JUST HAD TO HAVE A LOOK IN THE GIFT SHOP. THE WEATHER WAS GETTING WORSE SO WE DECIDED TO HEAD BACK TO OBAN AS ANN WANTED TO GET SOME LAST MINUTE GIFTS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, (SHOPS AGAIN). TOMORROW WE HEAD HOME FOR CUMBERNAULD, SO IT'S BACK TO NORTH LEDAIG TO SETTLE DOWN TO A NICE MEAL AND A GLASS OF WHITE WINE, AND TO ROUND OFF A GREY STORMY DAY THE SUN DECIDED TO SHOW ITSELF BY SETTING BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS OF MULL IN SPECTAULAR FASHION. SATURDAY 1ST MAY HOMEWARD OUR ORIGINAL INTENTION FOR TODAY WAS TO SPEND THE NIGHT AT THE GART CARAVAN PARK IN CALLANDER AND TREAT OURSELVES TO A NICE MEAL AND A FEW DRINKS AT CALLANDERS MANY BARS AND RESTAURANTS, BUT AS IT WAS A BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND WE DID'NT BOOK IN ADVANCE, THERE WAS NO ROOM AT THE INN. WE TEND TO BE A BIT IMPULSIVE AND NEVER REALLY KNOW WHERE WE WILL END UP, WE LIKE IT THAT WAY, AND SO DECIDED TO SPEND THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND AT THE GART INSTEAD. THIS WAS ANOTHER WEEKEND AWAY TO LOOK FORWARD TO. BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND THE ROADS HOME WERE FAIRLY BUSY ESPECIALLY THE A84 AROUND CALLANDER. AS WE MERGE ON TO THE BUSY M9 MOTORWAY, ARDNAMURCHANS EMPTY SINGLE TRACK ROADS SPRING BACK TO MIND AND I ASK ANN IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO LIVE IN ARDNAMURCHAN.

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