Best laid plans of........

[Hamish]

Tomorrow we had planned a kilted day out at the Loch Lomond Highland games, one of the biggest games in the calendar. The games are being held at Balloch Castle Country Park, a siutable venue if the weather is ok. Also on tomorrow about a mile away on the Loch Lomond golf course is the third round of the Scottish Open, a good appetiser for next week's British Open at Carnoustie.

Hi Jimmy,

Two weeks ago, I was driving along the road that follows Loch Lomond (en route from Dumfries to Connel by Oban). It was a rare, for this year,
sunny day and, having crossed the Erskine Bridge, I stopped at Balloch to stretch my legs:


I could see Balloch Castle across the loch from where I stopped and a few minutes after resuming the journey, I passed the golf course you mention. There were signs everywhere advertising the Loch Lomond Highland Games and I remember wishing I could have been in the area this weekend rather than back home in deepest Sussex - maybe, however, I did the right thing as we had a dry day and I was able to do a little gardening!!

[Jimmy]

Hi Jimmy,

Two weeks ago, I was driving along the road that follows Loch Lomond (en route from Dumfries to Connel by Oban). It was a rare, for this year,
sunny day and, having crossed the Erskine Bridge, I stopped at Balloch to stretch my legs:


I could see Balloch Castle across the loch from where I stopped and a few minutes after resuming the journey, I passed the golf course you mention. There were signs everywhere advertising the Loch Lomond Highland Games and I remember wishing I could have been in the area this weekend rather than back home in deepest Sussex - maybe, however, I did the right thing as we had a dry day and I was able to do a little gardening!!

Its a brilliant picture of yourself standing at the banks of Loch Lomond. I know exactly the place that this photo was taken, its at Duck Bay just at the southern part of the Loch, the Duck Bay Marina and restaurant is quite near.
Funny thing is despite torrential rain on Friday night, yesterday turned out a dry afternoon. I sat at home watching the golf and seeing some very good weather at Loch Lomond, the weather forecast was well out