Coming in the out way!

It's Oban's Winter Festival. You'd expect the town to be alive with the swishing of sleigh runners on snow, the tinkling of sleigh bells and the joyous cries of happy children, with cheerful vendors grilling burgers on sea-front barbeques and plastic cups of hot punch and mulled wine steaming in gloved hands. Not.

What a gray day from start to finish! The fairground rides at the Corran Halls were all but deserted when I came by at 3pm and the innovative solar-powered Christmas trees not yet lit up. A great idea - at least Oban can be dreaming of a green Christmas!