8th May 2024

Today, the day started cloudy, but with the sun peeking through. We drove into Oban and parked on the quay. We walked over to the ferry terminal and checked on departure times and also checked the sea food shack we’d read about.  Rosemary and I then visited Costa for a coffee, before walking up the hill to take a look over the harbour from McCaig’s Tower & Battery Hill. It was a sharp walk up the hill. Could have parked up here.

Some interesting plants growing in the gardens around here.

Walking down, we stopped at the Oban distillery. Very crowded, did not do the distillery tour. Did not buy any whisky, nothing under £60. R saw a man ask the price of a bottle, he even had his credit card in his hand, was told it was £220, so he quickly put it down.

Went for lunch at the Oban Seafood Hut. (Green Shack). Busy, but we were soon served. I went for langoustine, told they were off, but I did see them being served with the sea food platter, so I went for mussels in garlic sauce, Rosemary chose the scallops. Across the table from us one of the guys was from Australia, complaining about the fact you can’t purchase kippers and smoked goods in Australia. They ate the sea food platter which looked excellent.

Afterwards we headed back, but I decided to go to a tearoom opposite Castle Stalker. Ended up going down a no through road, no turning around and a big f*** off sign.

So back to the campsite.

Went for a walk behind the site. Lovely forest for Douglas Firs. Some huge trees. Many bat boxes were installed on the trees. Unfortunately, part of the pathway was closed because of fallen trees.

Back at the campsite, the rain started as we were having a drink. We sat there under our new sun awning, drinking our pre-prandial drinks, and being very British about the weather. This rain was predicted, and unfortunately the next few days will be like this.  We ate a crab sandwich and prawn sandwich for supper, purchased at the Oban Seafood Hut.  Quite filling and a nice supper.

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