Louise and I were invited to stay in a loch side cottage with friends for a weekend at the end of July to farewell Kersel, a long time friend who is off to try life in Sydney.
We were lucky enough to get some reasonable flights with Easy Jet so set off mid morning on Friday for our weekend away.
Lou had to do some work from home before we left so she called a taxi. Just as well we left early as there was a major accident on the motorway and we crawled along for ages before our taxi driver breathed a sigh of relief and we cleared the crash site.A large truck had careered across the median barrier and straddled both directions of the motorway. Chaos.
I think many people missed their flights that day.
It was lucky Lou had booked us well ahead of time but we arrived with ten minutes to spare and then the plane was delayed for an hour!
Anyway we arrived to find Kersel waiting for us in sunshine. Lou and I had packed for poor weather but the sun was shining and we had a lovely drive up through Loch Lomond, Luss and over to Loch Fyne where we had gone a few years ago to track down the family castle.
The drive took a couple of hours deep into Argyle territory before we arrived at a remote part of the peninsula. It took a few attempts but we arrived at Loch Escog and found our cottage on the edge of the loch as promised.Other friends had already arrived so it was drinks all round sitting outside in the sunshine and meeting new people from Glasgow who were friends of Kersel.
Later we had a lovely meal cooked up by Hutton and Nicky and played board games until time for bed.
Saturday was promising to be rather dull and wet but the boat was pumped up and some hardy souls went out for a canoe followed by a swim would you believe!!!!
I went for a long walk around the loch on a pathway called Cowal Way but it did not lead me back quite like I expected so my walk ended up a marathon and I was late for lunch.
Later we cooked pizza and ate inside as it had got a lot cooler as the day progressed.I think I was still acclimatised for Avignon conditions so I was glad of my merino.Lou went for a swim but I was not tempted.
Sunday was time to pack up and tiki tour back to Glasgow to catch our flight at seven.
The day was very overcast and cool but we explored some of the little fishing towns along the trip home before farewelling Hutton and Nicky on the car ferry while we visited the Benmore Gardens at Dunoon.
By now it was raining so we could not linger for too long before we set off for Glasgow.We went on the car ferry too which was a new experience for me.
We said our goodbyes to Kersel and waited for our flight.Again it was delayed for an hour so a long trek home but a great weekend.
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