On the Crinan Canal

16C (car thermometer read up to 18C) with sunny sunshine all day. Moderate SSE/SE breeze.

Apothecary7's day off.

Sunny again, so we decided to drive up to mid Argyll (about 60 miles) and go for a walk along the towpath of the Crinan canal. We parked at Bellanoch bridge and walked the 2 miles or so along to Crinan. All the seats outside the coffee shop were busy, with people enjoying the sunshine. We prefer the cool inside and we know dogs are allowed so we had lunch inside and everyone cooled off for a while. Fergus lay in the cool tile floor but popped up when the bacon rolls arrived.

After lunch we walked back along the towpath to the car, stopping on the way to chat across the canal with Fraser MacIver who was painting in his garden near the water's edge, then drove the few miles to Lochgilphead and stopped to have a look at Danny's garden centre and shop and so Apothecary7 could get some acrylic inks from the Archway Gallery art shop.

Then we drove back down Kintyre on the West road with lovely sea views most of the way.

DC-TZ90  f/3.3 1/1000 sec. ISO-80 4mm (35mm focal length 26mm)