Glasgow, Scotland

 The agenda today was a 3 hr train ride to the seaside town of Oban.  We stopped on the way for a carryon breakfast.  They are very vegetarian in general here, both restaurants and grocery stores.  This “No Sausage “ roll was perfect for me  basically a large croissant filled with vegan sausage substitute  

Beautiful weather even though the forecast was for overcast skies. The city of Greenock is across the River. This is where Duane visited fairly often back in his IBM days. 

Lovely views along the train ride. 

A huge house in the did…kinda reminds me of the hotel from The Shining…

This is the ruins of the Castle Kincurn dating from the 1400’s. 

More scenery, this is Loch Lomond.   

Arriving at Oban. 

Neat old town, pretty touristy.  

We have limited time before we need to catch the train back, so we hiked right away up to the hilltop McCaig’s Tower. It was built in the 1800’s by a wealthy philanthropist.  He had big plans for a collosseum replica and other buildings as his legacy. Unfortunately he died fairly young and didn’t complete it. 

Still a cool structure with terrific views 

Walking back thru town enjoying the old structures. 

On a side street we saw these strange knitted covers on electrical poles. Maybe my sis can tell me why??

There are two cathedrals on the waterfront. The first is St John’s, a little less grand but still beautiful. 

And St Colima’s Cathedral, which was a little more grand. 

Further walking on the waterfront. 

We turned around at Dunollie Castle…

And took a stroll thru a hilly nature preserve. 

Beautiful harbour view from the trail. 

In town we goggled “best fish n chips”.  

Apparently this establishment had won some accolades from Trip Advisor and is extremely popular.  We shared a plate and it was good!

Back to the train station for our return. 

More beautiful scenery out of the other side of the train. 

And I did manage to find a couple of fields with some Highland Coos.  

That’s pretty much it for the day!