Chaffinch

A chaffy eats
Originally uploaded by david_eyre

One of my favourite things at the cabin is watching the birds at the feeders. This time I saw chaffinches, great tits, blue tits, sparrows, a coal tit and - I think - a waxwing. Nice to have your breakfast looking out the window at them having theirs.

Loch Awe

Loch Awe looking south
Originally uploaded by david_eyre

I stopped at this spot on the road from Taynuilt to Dalavich to take this photo because it's such a great view down the loch.

Hogmanay at Dalavich

Hogmanay at Dalavich is famous for a great cèilidh in the community centre with cabin owners, visitors and residents getting together for music and fun - I understand there are occasionally drinks.

Here's a good Hogmanay Dalavich story: The community centre has a table tennis table and bats and balls are kept behind the bar. One Hogmany when the place was packed, a friend of ours went up to the bar and asked the person serving "Can I have a ping pong ball." Came the reply "What's in that?"

We can't go to the cabin at Hogmanay - Dave's band are playing in Manchester (see www.bigboybloater.com) - so the cabin is available for letting. Click the brochure for details, and get in touch if you are interested.

Kilmartin Glen

Nether Largie South
Originally uploaded by david_eyre

This is one of the many chambered cairns in Kilmartin Glen. It's an amazing place, about half an hour's drive away from the cabin.

Lochan

Lochan
Originally uploaded by david_eyre

This is one of our favourite spots near the cabin - even in the rain. In the summer it's full of waterlillies. It's marked on the Ordnance Survey kept in the cabin but it's easy to get to - a short drive towards Kilmelford on a beautiful road which takes you round Loch Avich and then up through the hills. There are hundreds of these little lochans in West Argyll and people have their own favourites - this is ours. In summer, on a warm day (we do get these) it's an ideal place for a picnic.

Oakwood Trail

Misty trees
Originally uploaded by david_eyre

This was taken by our son David on the Oakwood Trail, a walk through the woods above Loch Awe that starts just five minutes from our cabin.

Fàilte!

Mum & Dave at the cabin
Originally uploaded by david_eyre

Here we are at the cabin in Dalavich.