We have been in our lodge on the banks of Loch Awe for three days now and enjoying every minute. The Loch is about 30 miles long but we have only seen the six miles around the top end, so today we would check the rest of it out. Turning right we left our lodge at Portsonachan and followed the twisting road along the length of the loch. The journey was peaceful as you would expect in such a remote part of the country, but I guess it wasn't always so idyllic.
Loch Awe is very narrow and not connected to the sea, but it has been fortified with no less than 4 castles. They didn't build them for fun, so somebody must have been having a hard time. Pictured above, is of Kilchurn Castle, which is situated at the northern end and is the most accessible castle on the loch.The other 3 castles from north to south are; Fraoch Filean, Innisconnel and Fincharn.
About half-way along the loch we came to a waterfall at the side of the road. We pulled up, took some photos, stretched our legs and gave our dog a walk.
We were the only people there and I couldn't help but think that if this waterfall was in England, it would be surrounded by gift shops and ice cream kiosks.
A few miles further on from the waterfall we came to a field full of Highland cattle, some of which had calves. Now my wife is a sucker for Highland cattle and to see some in their own habitat with calves was a photographer's dream. You can see one of the photos below.
Eventually we reached the end of Loch Awe and popped out onto the A816 at Carnassarie which boasted yet another castle. Turning right we used the main road for a few miles and took in the vews like that below.
We turned off to follow a small penninsular down to a small place called Aird. In doing so we followed the banks of Loch Craignish which is a delight with many small boats moored just off shore.
About a mile down the loch we came to Ardfern a delightfull village with craft shops and post office. "Some people are very lucky to live in such places," I said to my wife.
"I bet it isn't so good in the middle of winter," she replied. Perhaps she was right, but there again we were probably just jealous and sad that we'd never be able to live in paradise.
I think this is a good place to leave this post and because we will be arriving in Aird soon and the place needs to be approached slowly.
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