At long last our holiday has arrived!
We spent Friday night at a dog friendly B&B in Annan to
break up the journey and yesterday arrived at our first cottage in a little
village called Ford, which is between Oban and Lochgilphead. The cottage is lovely and secluded and is in
a 900 acre estate. The caretaker, Phil,
told us yesterday that we can feel free to wander the estate grounds and that,
as long as the weather is good, we shouldn’t get lost.
Last night we went for a brief walk up the hill behind the
cottage and the views were amazing.
Unfortunately, I hadn’t taken my camera with me so I’ll have to go back
up there and take some pictures.
This morning, however, I decided to go on a road run, just
to get a feel of the area before exploring the off-road on my own. I ran out of the estate grounds and onto the
road into Ford. From Ford the road
splits and goes round either side of Loch Awe.
I chose the north road, which I ran along for three miles before turning
back and retracing my steps.
On the return journey I stopped a few times to take some
piccies…
When I entered the estate grounds I decided to stop and walk the rest of the way, taking pictures of the cottage on my way towards it.
On the entire six mile road run, I only passed one car and
that was in the village of Ford, where the lady driving gave me a friendly
wave. I love places like this where
everyone is so friendly. I’m pretty sure
that running around the roads of Horwich no stranger would give me a friendly
wave, probably more a loud beep on the horn and then a laugh when I jump out of
my skin.
Positive comments:
Felt really good and ran quite fast for me without even realising
Total distance – 6 miles
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