WE’VE SET UP TEMPORARILY AT ST. BLANES B&B on the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lohman. We intended to stay only a couple of nights but the location is convenient to so much that we decided to stay a while. It’s a comfortable place and Helen is a good host; she makes breakfast, cleans the room, lets us use the fridge and otherwise leaves us alone.
Driving along the Loch on a sunny day is a treat, but weekends can be busy. Loch Lohman is in Glasgow's backyard and returning traffic jams are a fact of life. Even we, returning to Balloch - not Glasgow, had to detour several miles to avoid a road closed for no apparent reason. We took a break at the tiny village of Luss. The village is as scenic as can be and everyone seems to cultivate the most colorful gardens.
Churchyard at Luss
We purchased the Historic Scotland pass, a great deal if you plan on spending more than a few weeks in Scotland. £67 gets a couple of old farts like us into all the Historic Scotland sites and we’ve nearly recouped our investment in only three days! Many of the sites come with a free audio guide, which is better than a real guide. Their accents are so thick that I have understood only half of what has been said so far - and we haven’t yet reached the Highlands.
