Monday 5th August 2019
Today we had a longer day out, heading north to visit the Crauchan power station. Along the route realised I had left my memory card in the laptop so only had my phone to use for photo’s doh!
The satnav didn’t take us the way I had intended to go and instead sent us up along Loch Fyne so we took the opportunity for an unplanned visit to Inveraray where I picked up some Edinburgh rock to take back as a gift. As we started to head back to the car the rain started, and it was heavy, luckily I had my waterproof jacket and an umbrella for Gavin in my bag.
We continued on to Crauchan power station but unfortunately when we got there they had no more tour slots available 🙁 We are planning on being back up this way on Thursday to visit Oban (only half an hour away) so have booked on a midday tour for then, we can ring and cancel if we change our minds. They do have a rather nice cafe at the power station so we had some lunch before starting the journey back.
For the journey back we consulted the map rather than trusting the satnav and we did manage to find the road I wanted to go on. It was 24 miles on a single track road, which I hadn’t realised, alongside Loch Awe with beautiful views. Fortunately we didn’t meet too much traffic and there were enough passing places, but it wasn’t the easiest of drives.
