After a few mild days its got colder and there was snow on Ben Cruachan above the two thousand foot mark today. Picture taken as I was stopped at roadworks on the way home from Oban.
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Historic Pix No.2

Historic comparisons. The view south down the main road out of Benderloch in the early 1900s, and the same view in 2006.

The house on the left was the store and Post Office - notice the doorway is now a window. The building in the distance is the "old" Campbell Memorial Hall which is now a house.

The Hall was built in memory of John Campbell "The Ledaig Bard", a famous teacher/pastor/poet/postman who held a weekly Sunday school in a cave above the sea shore.In late 2005 the road, now the A828 trunk road, was widened and resurfaced.
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Lismore Ferry

Sorting through a few pictures on this cold January evening, I came across this view of the Lismore to Port Appin passenger ferry taken last summer. The boat is being piloted by my friend Allan, who had spotted me plus camera/tripod and positioned his berthing perfectly! Its a short crossing, about five minutes from the north end of the island to the mainland a few miles north of us. There's a car ferry which connects Lismore with Oban from further south down the island.
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Loch Awe and Kilchurn Castle.

I had a trip out to the Loch Awe area on Monday. This is the view towards Ben Lui (with a little snow). The railway line to Glasgow runs along the loch side and past Kilchurn Castle. An hour later it was sleeting and windy!

A zoomed shot towards the castle. The little bridge over the railway is at the end of Lochawe station platform and the parked carriage is actually a restaurant.

A bit closer to the castle and the view from the front garden of the house I visited.The catkins are good this year.
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