The Expedition II - The Bridge

 After yesterday’s rain it was nice to wake up to more sunshine. We messed about in the Walters way, before finally deciding to make another assault on Taynuilt. Vicky was working and Chris didn’t fancy it so just the four of us set off along the forest road. We passed the Inverawe smokeries before arriving at a wobbly bridge over the river Awe. The steps were steep, metal, and open. No problem for misty then!!! More of a problem for me as Ian did his usual jumping up and down, and there was no mystery voice shouting at him to stop like there was in Canada. Over the bridge, through cow fields, past the oooooold iron works, and down a road and we were at Taynuilt jetty. Taynuilt, huge metropolis that it is, has two jetties. We walked along both. In between Misty swam in a pond and played with a mad dog and a cute puppy. We retraced our steps having found the holy grail, then found another. The Inverawe smokeries cafe was open! We all had some fish based sandwich (except Alex) and a nice cake. Plus coffee.

The morning view

The crew on the wobbly bridge

Taynuilts second string jetty Can you spot Kathy and Misty?)

The ooooooold Iron works (closed due to covid)

Taynuilt’s premier jetty 

Stepping stones fun

Swing fun

Back over the wobbly bridge where Misty skipped down the scary steps

The evening view 

The front of our cosy little bothy

Later on we treated ourselves to a meal out at a very nice restaurant in Oban. We went via Connel as I had seen that the falls of Lora would be visible. Alas the falls were not falling as advertised. Meals included fish mornay, fish platters (huge) cauliflower burgers, and chicken. Can you match the meals to the diners?

A clue to a couple of the meals

Back at the ranch there were no bats visible. We had all seen a white tailed sea eagle earlier on though, all except Ian, who was in the shower.