Today is our last chance for a while to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Kintyre so we are heading off to Saddell Bay down past Carradale on the shores of Loch Fyne. We are taking the scenic single track route down the coast towards Carradale, a long and winding but breathtakinly lovely route.
We are visiting Saddell, which has the ruins of an ancient abbey once inhabited by Cistercian monks. Here you can see a great collection of 12 carved 14th to 16th century grave slabs.
The graveyard is also very interesting and atmospheric.
A short walk from the abbey we find Saddell Bay and immediately Pete notices something in the water and to our delight we see that it’s dolphins with Arran in the background.
The bay has the 16th century Saddell Castle overlooking it. The castle is in very good condition with some of the outbuildings in a less good state.
Saddell Bay is a beautiful pebble beach with some interesting rock formations.
A stroll back along the beach to the castle leads us to an arch through which we find the Antony Gormley sculpture GRIP on the shore.
The thrill of seeing art in a landscape never wanes and adds to the lovely trip to Saddell Abbey and bay.
On the way back to Tarbert we drive up the Atlantic coast from Campbelltown and the weather is perfect, providing great views.
Yesterday when Molly was away to Edinburgh for the WIFIE AGM, I made the most of the good weather and headed to the shore just below the holiday park.
In the afternoon I walked over the hill from Corranbuie to Tarbert and got some spectacular views.
Argyll is so beautiful when the sun shines but luckily we love it and think it’s beautiful when it rains too.
