Day 4 - Lots of Driving, Scenery and what was open in Oban
Day 4 and a more serene start with bagels in bed at 9am! We'd planned to go to Oban, and even though the weather was foul, we set off on the scenic route. We were looking forward to pretty scenery and a visit to the Caithness Glass factory.
The weather changed roughly 46 times on the way up - from torrential rain to fabulous sunshine! Two hours and 75 miles later, we arrived in Oban. The weather was very cheery and we felt very lucky to have sunshine. We went to a fish & chip shop recommended on the internet by Rick Stein. The fish and chips were wonderful - we cannot remember the last time we had fish and chips and we'd been saving ourselves for them in Oban. It was worth the wait!
By the time we'd eaten, the rain had started. So we headed to tourist information to ask where the Caithness Glass factory was, so we could get out of the rain. Also, tourist info had a leaflet on a local chocolate factory that did tours. Sorted! EXCEPT...
Here's the glass place - looking a little quiet... take a closer look and
Aaaargh. The Turner curse strikes again. CLOSED!
Not to be put off, we then got soaked en route to the chocolate factory, walking round the very pretty harbourside.
Once we were thoroughly soaked, we got up to the chocolate factory. Yummy!
Guess what? No tours of the factory - the last one had just finished. Bugger! So we bought a tiny bag of homemade chocolates and went back out into the rain!
The only other way to get out of the rain was to go to the Oban Distillery for their tour. Earlier we'd decided not to pay £5 for visiting a whisky distillery when a) Lee is teetotal and b) Alison hates the stuff. However, considering that it was the only attraction open in Oban and it was still raining, we reconsidered!
And we were glad we did - Fergus our guide was informative and interesting and made it enjoyable. At the end we got a free "dram" - Lee thought it was lovely, I wasn't so keen...
Lee started bleating about "needing" an ice-cream, so I shoved him in the car, and we took the circular route back. The weather cleared up and we enjoyed more beautiful scenery.
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