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Oban Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Oban, United Kingdom
Island Exploring
This is a top pick! What is this glowing orb up in the sky which giveth heat to the skin? What a strange abnormality waking to blue sky and sunshine! Day 2 staying in the same place, we had to furiously fight against the urge to just lay around and snooze all day ...
Slainte Mhor!
This is a top pick! ... . So we have 2 days to spend in Oban, and first stop is the distillery. A must for Scotland. Oban Scotch Whiskey was a brand which Brian knew about from Canada. A very informative tour with several tastings (including one of 53% ...
Oban
This is a top pick! ... here. Pouring rain all day. We made it late afternoon and it was still raining so we decided to your the Oban distillery. A neat little operation with international recognition but only 7 employees total. Free samples at the end of course. After that ...
Elaine's arrival
... 's are a lovely couple. They are generous to a fault and one kind offer that Fran made was to run us in to Tesco in Oban to enable us to replenish the boat's stocks, so after coffee in the local restaurant / bar, the lovely-named 'Wide Mouthed Frog' we ...
Stewart Island
Arrived on Stewart Island today. The 3rd largest island of New Zealand. theres only one town here... its more a village. Hasnt really got much. A shop, a bad pub, a info centre and a harbour and airstrip. Just did some walks that are around adn about ...
Travel To Oban
... we experienced when we attended a Celtic-Ranger match a couple of decades ago in Glasgow around hogmanay. Cheers dicanio10 Dunfermline, United Kingdom Posted on: 4:31 pm, February 19, 2009 Save Save It reminds me of the atmosphere we experienced when ...
Stewart Island
... as possible. Fortunately, the weather was good so we were able to see lots of the island. We also got to know the bar staff at the local pub in Oban quite well. However, we didn't see any kiwis - 20,000 of them on the island and not even a whiff of ...
Edinburgh to Inverary, Kilchurn Castle, and Oban.
... drive: the Scots originally came from Ireland in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th centuries and brought the Gaelic language with them. They then united with the Picts around 843 AD. The Vikings came in the 800s as well mostly to plunder, raid, and steal...not nice ...
To Loch Tarbert
As it happens, I woke at 03:30 and so we were off in good time ie. with engine started and sails up and on our way by 04:00. It was cold and breezy (so what's new??) but we were treated to a glorious sunrise and speeds over the ground of 11 knots at ...
Great Sailing
... advantage as we planned to sail back down the Sound of Mull and then travel southwards past the island of Kerrera which shelters Oban and back to the lovely anchorage at Puilladobhrain. This would be about a 30 mile sail and all downwind so quite ...
Goodbye Elaine, hello Duncan
... the arrival of our next guest, Duncan Fraser, who was due to arrive soon after 2 that afternoon. Fran Hinchliffe very kindly drove us in to Oban for our shopping run and we were back on the boat by 13:00 or so. However, the boat was not in a fit state to ...
Back to Puilladobhrain
Our optimism was well founded and we woke to a bright, sunny morning with virtually no wind, so that we knew that we could realise our ambition and continue with the circumnavigation of Mull. Some people circumnavigate the globe, we do Mull.... ...
Ulva Island
Visited an island sanctuary today. Its called Ulva island and it is toatly free of predators to the native endangerd birds so there is loads of natural wildlife there. Its loactaed in a bay of Stewart Island so just got an aquataxi across to it for a ...
Meeting old friends
It took a couple of hours to motor the 11 miles up from Puilladobhrain past the pretty little town of Oban and round the headland and into Dunstaffnage marina and we arrived at 13:00. It had been a perfect summer's morning, warm and virtually windless and ...
Oban "Oh-bin" not "Ob-an"
Last month, I waited early in line at Uni (what they call university here) to purchase an eight pound ticket for the "Western Highlands, Oban, and Castles". Frankly, I had no idea where I was going, or what I was going to see. I was sure in for a treat. ...
Duncan's last day
... for a late lunch and a bit of R&R before the evening. This involved a 5 mile walk along the new cycle track into Oban, where we joined John & Fran Hinchliffe and another couple, Sam & Sue of 'Calliope of Menai' at the excellent Italian ...
West Coast Adventures
... time in the world. We stopped for a picnic at one of the lochs... We drove straight past where we were staying in Taynuilt and into Oban. The town itself is down in the bay and so you drive down into it, with a great view as you come round the corner. ...
Day 162 - 9 August - Our first coach tour
... catch the boat back to Oban on the mainland. Had a bit of a poke around the shops on the wharf near the ferry terminal in Oban before heading back our lodgings for an early night. I got a bit peckish near sunset so went back out for feed and hopefully a ...
Oban
... wasn't bad, but it was a bit pricy at 8 pounds for soup and sandwich. After lunch I set out to Oban, my destination for the day. It was raining, but the Loch Lommond was still quite beautiful. Everything was ...
A Perfect Day
... cyclists all thoroughly enjoyed themselves on Sunday, with heaps of praise for the experience and the hospitality once they reached MGM Oban. Andy Donaldson describes his two days of cycling (pedal issues aside): "It was an amazing weekend, I can't ...
A days drive
... day. We found a beautiful route around several of the Lochs, (including the picturesque Loch Awe) and eventually finished at Oban. Oban is a dump. I did not even want to wind the window down I was that unimpressed. As we were in ...
Exploring Loch Tarbert
... posted efforts give some taste of this fascinating place. We were back on board by 17:30 and I decided to finish the blog whilst Julie prepared dinner. Tomorrow we set off towards Oban and intend to stop in Puilladobhrain, but more of that ...
A near miss & onwards to Puilladobhrain
... , the fantastic, beautiful, sheltered Puilladobhrain off the north-west tip of Seil island, 34 miles away and only 7 miles from Oban. Incidentally, many of you have seen or received our new 'business card', featuring Julie with a glass of wine on Celtic ...
Port-Town
Oban's a neat little town. We drive through the hills and it suddenly crops up without warning - the bay opens and the pictaresque stone houses crouch so tight to the shore you'd think they were parched wanderers from afar. We take a few quick ...
Little island of Stewart...
We chartered a small eight-seater to fly us into oban, a task mos hilariously completed. For less than the cost of the ferry from Bluff to Oban, and one-third the time, we flew straighaway from Invercargill into the lovely patch of road that is ...
Stewart Island
Today we headed through invercargill to bluff to go across the strait to stewart island. As it was raining so heavy only myself and a girl called katie wanted to go over and despite the bus drivers warnings we decided to get the ferry. The crossing is ...
Day 161 - 8 August - Tarbert to Oban
... beautiful weather to start the day. We eventually got away after a relaxing breakfast and decided to take the coastal route North towards Oban. Not far out of town we came across a deer farm so naturally stopped for some more photos. We had only seen two ...
Time to head northwards
... Westerly Fulmar, is back in commission soon, to enable him to enjoy the remainder of the season on his boat. We said our farewells in Oban at 11:00, Duncan to do some last minute shopping and us to replenish stores for the next week, when we would be on ...