PART TWO - Oban and Staffnage Castle.

 

OBAN, McCAIG'S TOWER,

PORT APPIN AND LISMORE.


After settling in at the seaview site,

we went to explore Oban.


There's a tower in Oban called McCaig's tower. We were keen to explore!


Inside the impressive tower - lots of steps and windows.
In fact, there are 94 - yes NINETY FOUR arches in all.


The tower was a folly, built in 1897 by John Stuart McCaig out of local granite.


Great views out of the 'windows'. Imagine having a house up here on Battery Hill.

Oban and the harbour, from McCaig's tower.


View across the harbour in Oban.

We knew there was a distillery here, so we just HAD to visit!

Hmmmm - £120 - not sure I like whisky THAT much!


Oh look - my name on a bottle 😃

A nice bottle of Lagavulin...........


HOW MUCH!!!!!!

After the distillery, we walked to the harbour. We absolutely LOVE harbours and marinas, either here or abroad.
We came upon this little gem - the Green Shack. We'd had a late breakfast, so weren't really hungry. If I'd known what was on offer, and the quality, I would have gone VERY hungry!

This is the seafood sharing platter.
At £42, it was the cheapest one we found on out whole holiday
 and it looked great for the money!
Two ladies were devouring this, while their husbands looked on. They (the husbands( looked almost revolted, while the ladies made lots of 'Mmmmmmm!' noises as the plateful quickly disappeared.

We had some scallops, which were perfection, and crevettes. We also took a dressed crab home for later, again delicious.

We decided to investigate a local castle, Dunstaffnage.
This view is over Loch Ardmucknish. There's a small, free car park, with a short walk up to the castle itself.



Unfortunately, the castle was closing in half an hour, so we didn't want to pay the full entrance fee for so little time, so we settled for exploring the grounds, and having ice creams.



Castle info'


The castle grounds are quiet and peaceful, and a nice place to explore on a warm, summer's day (without midges).

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