I’m off to Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute ,
today to attend a wedding. The Tuesday wedding will be held at a nearby wedding
venue named Crear Weddings and this is situated on the west coast. Updates may
come on that later.
I’ve been to Lochgilphead before but haven’t focused on what
I could see around the area as I’ve not spent time in any Lochgilphead hotels.
The Stag Inn is our port of call for the next couple of days so during the few
hours that I might have for sightseeing I’ve earmarked a couple of places to
visit.
Our journey from Aberdeenshire will be quite a long one and
will take us a good few hours since we’re travelling mostly on the scenic
routes. We’ll head down to Stonehaven on the east coast to pick up the A90 for
a short stretch to Kirriemuir where we’ll begin to head west on the A926. After
Blairgowrie it’ll be on to Crieff via the A822 and A85 Crianlarich. Traveelling
south west we’ll head on to Inverary via the A819. From Inverary we’ll be
taking the A83 to Lochgilphead. That might sound an easy journey but single
carriageway roads at this time of year can be slow if there’s caravan and tour
buses using the routes- which is very likely.
Apologies for the map quality of marking on it. I'm in a hurry and the program wouldn't work for me but ...later.. I'll try to improve on it.
You might say why can’t we just head down more directly south
west - and it’s a great question - but the Grampian Mountains
get in the way. They get in the way now just as they got in the way when the
Ancient Romans were investigating the country for General Agricola back around
AD 80 - 84!
Lochgilphead, Ceann
Loch Gilb, has less than 2,500 residents but it’s quite a thriving town
with a number of facilities since it’s the administrative centre for the area (Argyll
and Bute ). The village lies at the end of Loch Gilb,
which is a branch of the larger Loch Fyne, the Crinan Canal
So what do I want to see?
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I want to visit Dunadd Fort if possible to see
the seat of Royal Kings of the late Iron Ages and pre-Viking influence. It’s
believed to have been the capital of the Kingdom of Dal Riata
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Keills Chapel, 12th century, has some
beautiful Celtic standing stones. Visiting these might be difficult since our
primary purpose is the wedding but I can hope!
I’ve got to go now…
Slainthe!
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