The familiar scenery of mountains and water continued north with us until we reached the town of Tarbet, where we took a diversion to Arrochar, a small village right at the head of Loch Long. It is ringed by mountains and very photogenic.
This one is called The Cobbler.
In Arrocher we visited the Mansefield House Gallery of Tom and Fiona Butcher. It was made famous by being featured on the television show Relocation, Relocation - they were the subject of the very first episode, and since then have built their pottery and gallery into a successful business. You can learn more about it here - http://www.mansefieldhouse.com/about/
We continued on our journey to the head of Loch Lomond, and there we came to the Drovers Inn, which has been there since 1705, and is decorated in a fashion which evokes the era - in fact it looks like it hasn't been touched since then! However, the food and service were excellent and it was an interesting place to see.
On our way back down the Loch side, we stopped at a Visitors Centre across from the Loch Sloy power generating station. This yielded a different view of Ben Lomond, as well as the surrounding countryside.
Ben Lomond and the Loch Sloy Power Station.
Inversnaid Hotel across the Loch.
Eventually we had to leave and make our way back to Kilmarnock, but we owe a huge Thank You to our friends Norrie and Gisela for making our last two days so interesting and enjoyable.
On the way back, we stopped in to the Whitelees Windfarm which is the largest windfarm I've ever seen. It was interesting to be able to get up close to the giant turbines and since it was a windy day, almost all of them were active.
This gives an idea of the scale of these turbines - this is one of the blades!
And so we arrived back in Kilmarnock ...
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