Oldhiker and myself are both in total agreement that the Cowal Peninsula is God's country, so here are some shots to prove the point.

These first images are actually Oldhiker's that I have stored for him, so props to him for these.

He was fortunate enough to have been present for the Clan Lamont Gathering, last year.


Father Peter Noel Lamont of that Ilk, 29th Chief of Clan Lamont, speaking to the crowd.

Father Lamont is Parish Priest of Holy Name Mary Roman Catholic Church, Rydalmere a suburb of Sydney, Australia and was visiting Scotland for the first time.


 The procession leading from the Dunoon town center to the Lamont Memorial, on Tom-A-Mhoid (Hill of Judgement) Road.


A sole piper leading the procession to the base of the monument, to lay a wreath of heather and crabapple. This monument commemorates the June 1646 massacre of the Lamonts by Clann Diarmaid.


Laying of the wreath


The Memorial


The plaque on the Memorial, naming some of those slaughtered by the crook-mouths in 1646.

Thanks to Oldhiker for these images