Another excursion

June 15th, 2009

At the weekend HD and I went on a little jaunt to the Highlands. We started off with lunch at Fort William before heading off for Ben Nevis, the original plan being that he would walk up it and I would sit in the bar at the bottom and do lots of work (that I had brought with me). About 20 minutes after dropping him off at the bottom of the mountain however he phoned to say that he didn’t seem to have his walking legs with him, so he made his way to the bar and after a quick rest we decided to head back to Glen Coe to have a more gentle explore around somewhere a bit less strenuous. So we went to the Visitors’ Centre at Glen Coe and did a very gentle and short walk round there, and then decided to go to Oban. Neither of us had been there before, and had no idea what it was like, but it turned out to be rather pretty. HD thought as we walked into town from the car park that it reminded him a bit of Whitby, and once we got to the harbour I thought it reminded me a bit of Stornoway. We took a walk up to McCaig’s tower, where there are fabulous views over the town and across to the island of Kerrera (and beyond that to the mountains of the Isle of Mull). What a sweet place, I liked it a lot. Photos are here.

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7 Responses to “Another excursion”

  1. Surfing Madness on June 15, 2009 7:37 pm

    shame HD didn’t make it up Ben Nevis, he might have seen the QP lads who were doing a fund raiser on saturday based on “pick up your mat and carry it” – yes they carried a matteress up Ben Nevis and back!!

  2. Cal on June 16, 2009 9:48 am

    I’ve only ever been to Oban on my way to Iona but it seems a decent enough place. Fab crab sandwiches on the pier.

  3. Derf on June 16, 2009 12:21 pm

    Oooh, was it up at McCaig’s tower that I was sending you text messages earlier in the year? (Dunno why you should know, but it sounds about right given the view!)

  4. Derf on June 16, 2009 12:22 pm

    Hmmm, OK, looking at the photos I think not, and am probably confusing all my Scottish places! But good views are to be enjoyed wherever they’re from :)

  5. jackthelass on June 17, 2009 3:55 pm

    Derf I have absolutely no idea what you’re on about! ;)

  6. Chas on June 18, 2009 8:06 pm

    aka McCaig’s Folly (?) …

  7. Katya on June 20, 2009 12:39 pm

    Jackie, how wonderful to be able to “walk about” as you do! I love the scenery! How I miss hiking…

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