Tuesday 30 October 2007

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.

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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.

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Saturday 20 October 2007

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.

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Friday 12 October 2007

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.

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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.

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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.

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Fàilte!


Mum & Dave at the cabin
Originally uploaded by david_eyre

Here we are at the cabin in Dalavich.

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