Just in case you were wondering which way Mike and I are going to vote in the Referendum , here's a clue.
There's a pretty clear division amongst our friends - the retired doctors and accountants value their pensions too much so are going for the safe status quo, while our risk taking gung ho business pals are opting for a great big 'YES'.  But it's not something to fall out about and I will try not to mind when Jeremy Paxman keeps referring to 'the Queen of England' and various other snubs we have to put up with.

Weather is glorious and the village is getting busy with the cottages filling up;  as usual lots of old friends returning but we love to see new faces so why not try a visit.  I refuse to use that grotesque word 'staycation'
and I'm sure loads of people never feel the need to rush off to Lanzarote .  

Remember we welcome dogs and there are wonderful dog walks right outside the cottages.  We have had some quite adventurous visitors this year, both walkers and cyclists, and they've had great fun exploring sections of the Kintyre Way.

This brings us on to things like wind farms and electricity .  As I said before we've had a lot of trouble with the builders of an electricity station north of Carradale wrecking the road and causing general upheaval.  Well, after a heavy campaign by the Community Council, the Campbeltown Courier, and the Council, we now have an excellently surfaced road and loads of tarmaced lay-bys so at the moment all is well and the road is better than its ever been.  On top of that they've surfaced the hall car park and there are promises of more.  They are now wrecking the countryside, especially around Grogport, where new pylons are to be built, but one can only hope that in time the Kintyre vegetation will win out and all will eventually be hidden.
Wind farms and turbines are causing a lot of upset in Kintyre - who can blame a land-owner for coining in thousands every year - but they can be very divisive once they creep down from the spine of the peninsula to the coast.  And it is trying for everyone, having diligently gone through all the democratice processes,  only to have the final decision overturned by the Scottish Government. 

Enough politicising!  Time to wander down to the beach and risk the first dip of the season.