Mini Kilt Tours Self-Drive Touring Guide Glasgow to Oban via Inveraray and Loch Awe

By Andrea Middleton

A self-drive touring guide from Glasgow to Oban via Inveraray. Written by Andrea Middleton, an official blue badge guide for Scotland with over 15 years experience, and herself a native of Scotland.
Departing from George Square in the centre of Glasgow, take yourself on a journey to Oban as if you have your own personal tour guide with you, giving commentary, stories, folklore and legend, to make the area come alive, unlike standard guide books. Directions are also given to keep you on the right track. All you have to do now is set off and enjoy.
Glasgow to Oban via Inveraray is part of a series by Mini Kilt Tours

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andrea Middleton
• Release date: Apr 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311930941

Andrea Middleton

A professionally qualified Scottish Tourist Guide for over 15 years, I wanted to allow visitors to Scotland to take me on tour with them but not have to pay for a private tour guide. So I came up with the idea of the 'Self-Drive Touring Guide' series of books which anyone can download and take away on their holiday/vacation to Scotland. Unlike other guide books I provide not only the history but the folklores and legends along the route to give you the full Scottish experience. Directions and handy hints also help you to make the most of the journey.

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About Andy

For more information about me please visit my website, where you can also sign up to my blog or access my social media pages if you want to stay in touch.

In the meantime, I hope this guide will help you enjoy Scotland as passionately as I do.

http://www.minikilttours.co.uk

CONTENTS

Preface

Contents

Introduction

Summary of Route

Departure Point

The Road out of Glasgow

George Square

Kingston Bridge

Paisley

Erskine Bridge to Loch Lomond (Tarbet)

Erskine Bridge

Milton

Dumbarton

Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park

Loch Lomond

Highland Boundary Fault

Inchmurrin and Loch Lomond Islands

Loch Lomond Song

Luss

Tarbet to Inveraray

Tarbet

Arrochar and its Alps

Loch Long

Glen Croe

Rest and be Thankful

Glen Kinglas

Ardkinglas Garden

Loch Fyne Brewery

Loch Fyne Oyster Bar

Inveraray

Inveraray to Oban via Loch Awe

Glen Aray and Neil Munro Monument

Loch Awe

Kilchurn Castle

Loch Awe village and St Conan’s Kirk

Ben Cruachan Power Station

Pass of Brander

Taynuilt

Loch Etive

Connel Bridge and Falls of Lora

Dunstaffnage Castle

Oban

Oban Distillery

Island of Kerrera

Dunollie Castle

Pulpit Hill

McCaig’s Folly

Additional Stories

Story of the Clyde River and Glasgow, how the two are interlinked

Story of Giving Someone the Cold Shoulder

Legend of Kilchurn Castle

Other ebooks by Mini Kilt Tours

Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION

This guide has been compiled to help you navigate your way from Glasgow to Oban via Inveraray and Loch Awe. I’ve also included a lot of the information and stories I’d be telling you if I was driving you there myself.

Unlike other guide books I aim to include local folklore and stories as well as historical fact to make the area come alive and hopefully give you a feel for the place rather than you just seeing it. As if you had your own personal tour guide with you.

It’s hard to plan the text so that as you read it you arrive at different points, for we all drive at different speeds, but I’ve practised a couple of times reading the guide as I’ve travelled the route, and it does come together.

I have not included stops and visits, but have made some suggestions which I believe enhance your day.

Look out for directions starting >>, like this example below, as they’ll help to direct you along the route:

>> Turn left at the bridge (example)

When you see a line starting with !!, this is to ask you to look out for something, like this example below, as they’ll help you spot milestones along the route:

!! The fabulous (example)

SUMMARY OF ROUTE

M8 out of Glasgow, over Erskine Bridge onto A82

A82 to A83

A83 to A819

A819 to A85

DEPARTURE POINT

For the purposes of this self-drive tour, start in the centre of Glasgow in George Square.

1. THE ROAD OUT OF GLASGOW

In this first section from the city