The weather has been unkind to us as we awoke to another dreary day. It seemed futile to take a ferry trip to the local islands as a)it is expensive and b)the islands were shrouded in mist and rain. Instead we decided to explore the peninsula of Kintyre which was accessible by car.
There were occasional breaks in the clouds and we were afforded views of Lochs and Glens which were beautiful if only seen for a few moments.
As we approached Ardrishiag we spied a sailing boat's mast passing by above a grassy bank and when we went to investigate we found the Crinan canal giving passage between lochs. We gave a hand opening the gates and sluices of the locks for the crew of the boat. The rain continued and we were grateful that it was "nae lashing doon" as one lady put it to me.
We stopped to see a site of interest called The Sculptured Stones of Kilberry. These are carved remnants of very early Christian's in the area. We were expecting something very different...perhaps rocks eroded by the see...or towering stones at the base of mountain...but alas, this humble display of carved rocks was all we found. We laughed uproariously.
We made our way back to Oban, stopping to visit the picturesque town of Inverary,
and then to look at a ruined castle which was shrouded in the most and looking very Arthurian.
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