Departed Toronto at 8:30 p.m. Flew overnight, landing at Glasgow about 7:30 a.m. local time. Picked up rental car (Vauxhaul) and left Glasgow travelling north on the M8. Took the A82 until Arrochar and then took the very winding lochside (Loch Lomond) road for Crianlarich. You pass by the front of the Arrochar Hotel where my grandfather, Alex Fletcher, (1890-1950), was employed to catch the reigns of the coach horses in his youth. At Crianlarich, continued on A82 going west now through the village of Tyndrum and past the back of where Cononish is located. Passed through the village of Dalmally. Drove on to the beautiful town of Oban. Hard to find parking – plenty of tourists around yet! Took a walk around. Had a light lunch at about 1:00 p.m. at McTavish’s on George St., overlooking the bay. Spent some time beside the bay looking over at the Isle of Mull 4 miles away. Drove along High St. where my grandfather (mentioned above) was born. Not sure of house number, might be number 13? Took the 4:00 ferry, the “Isle of Mull” from Oban to Mull, landing at Craignure 45 minutes later. From there, we drove to the small community of Java where Mhairi and George Campbell live. Had tea there. Mhairi is the daughter of Colin Fletcher. Colin, Alisdair and Kate were all children of Colin Fletcher, who was brother to my great grandfather, Angus Fletcher. Mhairi had 2 sisters, Fiona and Margaret, both now deceased, and a brother, Cameron Fletcher. Fiona’s widower is Seamus Ferguson. Afterwards, we went to a Co-op store to shop for food. Very tired – we were awake some 29 hours! Went to bed (in our rented caravan) at 7:45 p.m.
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