Last weekend Chris and I went to Scotland to see George, our son. He's working as a stalker on the Glen Kinglass estate on the west coast, between Oban and Glen Coe.


Ardmaddy, George's cottage on the shores of Loch Etive

View from the hill above Ardmaddy (you can just see the roof of the cottage down below)

Loch Etive: looking south (above) and looking north (below)

We stayed with George for two nights, and then went to the central Highlands for a night.
If you are going to central Scotland, we can thoroughly recommend the Atholl Arms Hotel at Blair Atholl http://www.athollarms.co.uk/ .

The Glen Shee road between Blairgowrie and Braemar

We spent the last night in a very plush, spivvy hotel on the shores of Loch Lomond. The sauna was much too hot and steamy, the food was a triumph of marketing (give everything a posh French name and pile it in a round mountain in the centre of a large, cold plate, and with any luck nobody will notice it doesn't taste of anything), but the sunrise was worth it:

I hope this hasn't persuaded you to go to Scotland, rather than come to West Ilkerton, for your next holiday!