Holiday Retrospective Part 2

Sunday morning dawned bright and sunny and after a lazy start to the day, Dot took Ruby for a walk along Shore Road, whilst I had a shower. When she returned she told me that she had seen a hawk. I assumed that it was a wild one, but on going down Shore Road I discovered that it was one that was being trained by a man who was on holiday!

He told us that he had two hawks, and this was the daughter of the hawk he had left at home, but that it needed regular training, and he couldn't leave it at home, so he had brought it on holiday with him!

After spending some time chatting to the man, we decided that the weather was too good to waste mooching around Lamlash, so we went for a drive round the whole island. It was well past dinner time when we arrived at Lochranza, which is on the northern tip of the island.

The last time we were in Lochranza a little shop called the Sandwich Station had opened up and so we decided to patronise them.

Dot (at the left hand side) relaxing outside the Sandwich Station

A small vehicle ferry runs from Lochranza across to Claonaig, on the Mull of Kintyre, and whilst we were at Lochranza the ferry arrived.

The Lochranza - Claonaig Car Ferry

There is the ruin of a castle at Lochranza, which you can see to the right of the next photo.

Lochranza with the castle on a promontory at the right.

Whilst we were relaxing at Lochranza we also saw a para glider flying over the hills on the Newton Shore.

You can see the para glider just above the clouds at the centre of this photo.