Everything we needed here, so many thanks. Great location for getting around – we loved the Loch Katrine area.
Had a very good meal in the Lomond Arms in Luss. If you have a dog with you, the place to go is the Balloch Castle Country park – lovely walks. A new Waitrose store and cheap petrol station in Helensburgh on the far east edge of town next to the new Academy.
Frances & Bill Burrows & Holly the Airdale,
Cromer, Norfolk
Historic Scotland (Historic Environment Scotland) offer ‘Explorer Tickets’ that enable you to visit multiple sites over a number of days to save on entry fees if visiting more than one site and also give you fast track entry for Stirling Castle and Edinburgh Castle. For more information go to: www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/explorer. Some of their historic sites have […]
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. […]
Located on the banks of Loch Lomond, off the A82, 5 miles north of Crosskeys. Occupation of this area dates back to medieval times, but much of the village and the neat rows of cottages were built in the 18th and 19th centuries to house workers from the nearby slate quarries and featured in the […]
