We enjoyed a very interesting week around Loch Lomond. Crosskeys Cottage suited us just fine, enjoyed the comfort of the wood burner. The cottage being well equipped. Alison & Craig being very helpful all the week.
Spent a very enjoyable 2 hours at the farm, (Auchindrain folk village) where time has just stood still for many decades. Eddie MacCallum the last tenant of the small farm retired on 1962, the farm and cottages are just frozen in time. Well worth a visit if that’s your interest, extremely humbling. Auchindrain is on the A83.
Good food at the Duck Bay Marina next to Cameron House. Commodore at the front of Helensburgh not too bad. An interesting drive over the mountains opposite Loch Tay, but scary very narrow roads, scenery excellent. Snow on the high hills on the Sunday.
Linda & Arthur from Norfolk
Inveraray – Day tripA marvellous day out, Inveraray is on the western bank of Loch Fyne north of Arrochar beyond the ‘Rest and be Thankful’. Inveraray Castle was used in the series Downton Abbey for a ChristmasSpecial. The Bell Tower dominates the town and houses the second heaviest ring of ten bells in the world and is open to the public spring /summer. […]
The World’s first and only rotating boat lift. Completed in 2002 the huge Falkirk wheel re-connects the Fourth & Clyde and Union canals after the 11 original lock gates were dismantled in the 1930’s. Also an opportunity to visit the famous Kelpieshttps://www.scottishcanals.co.uk/falkirk-wheel/
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was a revolutionary architect and designer and The Hill House is considered to be his domestic masterpiece. Mackintosh and his wife Margaret created almost everything, from the building itself to the furniture and textiles. More examples of his work can be seen in Glasgow.https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/the-hill-house
