A wonderful day out when you are in Carradale is to go over to Bute. Ferry from Tarbert to the amazing marina at Portavadie where you can have excellent coffee and scones, watch the rich arriving to their yachts in helicopters, and shop in the pleasantly inexpensive shop. Then on round to Colintrive with terrific views of the Kyles of Bute, a wee ferry across, and you are in Bute. Rothesay is a wonderful Victorian holiday place - now struggling a bit but still with some beautiful houses , and the Victorian loos are a tourist attraction.

Next stop is the Victorian fernery at Ascog - buried into the bank with a wonderful glass roof, it is full of dripping water and exquisite ferns. And the gardens there are worth a browse.

Then the piece de resistance - Mount Stuart. Home to the Marquess of Bute it was rebuilt after a fire in the late 18 hundreds in the most unusual and eclectic manner. Stella McCartney got married in the white marble chapel. Lovely grounds as well.

So there you are - another holiday treat.