We've bought a picture! Well you may wonder what that's got to do with holiday cottages, but it just shows you what nice things you can do when you come and stay down here.
Lots of good artists and galleries in Mid-Argyll and last week-end they opened their studios to the public, so it was a lovely excuse for a tootle round. We started in Tarbert, and finished in Crinan, going by the highways and by-ways via such hidden treasures as Slockavullin and Crinan Ferry.

The area just reeks of ancientness with its standing stones and chambered cairns; it is the centre of the old kingdom of Dalriada , and the first Scottish kings were crowned at Dunadd. There are raised bogs and fabulous wild flowers and deer keeking at you out of the trees. Yachts locking out to sea at Crinan , and beavers at Loch Coille Bhar.

Start at Kilmartin museum and have a really delightful day - and you might buy a picture.