Craignure

We moved on today, back to the centre of the island on the east coast. We had booked ourselves into the Shieling campsite for a three night stay.
On our way we decided to have a look at Lochbuie, as we had been told that it was a pretty spot.
The 8 mile road to Lochbuie was very narrow, with one section particularly challenging. Thankfully no other traffic was coming in the opposite direction, as there were very few passing places on quite steep inclines. Thankfully it soon opened out to a marvellous loch side drive and we found a parking spot at the end of the road. We wandered along the coast a little way to see the remains of Castle Moy. This castle was built in the 1500s by Hector Maclean, a brother of one of the clan chiefs. He built the castle and changed the spelling of his name to Maclaine, reasons unknown. The Macleans were always falling out with the Dukes of Argyll and eventually the castle was given up to the Campbells and fell into ruin.
We continued a little way along the coast to see if we could spot any otters, but , once again, none to be seen. We did, however, spot some deer.
Returning to the main road we were soon at Craignure , a short walk through the trees, at our site, gave us another view of Duart Castle. Czytaj więcej