Isle of seil golf club9/21/2023 ![]() ![]() There are great walks for you and your dogs with sparkling views. This is a ten minute ride, on the other side stop off at the picturesque Colintraive Hotel for a meal or just a snack. You can explore the Isle of Bute by taking the B8003 and A886 to the Colintraive ferry. The ferry takes thirty minutes with views of Loch Fyne and the Sound of Bute. ![]() Take the ferry to Portavadie – one every hour – no booking – queueing system. Take a forty minute drive to Tarbert on A83 from Powdermills Bed & Breakfast, near Inveraray. This is a good trip when the weather is mixed – in other words the usual Scottish weather – as we say in Scots driech. There is a great homemade lunch in the clubhouse but my favourite eatery is Café Thyme.ĭay 5: Tarbert to Portavadie to Inveraray It is a unique 12 hole links course – a round – lunch- another round and home on the late afternoon ferry. ![]() However, a favourite trip of mine is going to play golf at Shiskine Golf course. The island is a holiday destination and has too much to offer to detail in this blog. The crossing takes about thirty minutes and the views are spectacular. It is a ‘first come first served ferry system and no booking is required. It is a forty minute drive on the A83 from Powdermills Bed & Breakfast, near Inveraray to Claonaig where the ferry leaves for Lochranza. It will be a long day but it is possible to have day trip to Arran which is called ‘Scotland in miniature’. Finally, at the end of the long and winding road just past Claonaig – visit Skipness Smokehouse which has a wonderful fish shop or enjoy Skipness Cabin fish restaurant. Stop for afternoon tea in Carradale which is still a holiday destination for many. Visit the Saddle beach where the video of ‘ Mull of Kintyre‘ was filmed. The road is single track but there are stunning views of the Island of Arran. ![]() For the return back to Powdermills, take the B842, or the ‘ long and winding road‘ as it also known. There is a memorial garden for the late Lynda McCartney near the seafront. There is much to do in Campbeltown, various cafes and hotels for eating, visit to the distillery (Springbank and Campbeltown). It takes an hour and half to drive on the A83 from Powdermills Bed & Breakfast, near Inveraray. Any visit to these parts is worth a detour on to Southend to enjoy teas and cakes at Muneroy Café – I promised you will not be disappointed. This is an quixotic course where the first three holes and the last two are shared with the local cattle and the Greens are protected by electric fences! But the quirky nature of the course will not disappoint with stunning views of the Island of Arran and Ayrshire on the Scottish Mainland. If you are a very keen golfer, you could play an afternoon round of golf on Dunaverty, Southend, the Mull Kintyre. Machrihanish golf course should be on most golfers ‘bucket list’, as it is one of the best and most challenging links course in Scotland. The white sandy beach runs for seven miles with views over to Islay in the distance. This is a day out for the keen walkers or golfers. It takes an hour and a quarter from Powdermills Bed & Breakfast, near Inveraray to drive to Machrihanish, just before Campbeltown on the Mull of Kintyre. There are idyllic remote sandy beaches ideal for swimming in the finer weather stunning views of Islay and Jura Achamore Gardens Bird watching the Boathouse – a fine fish restaurant, a hotel and various craft shops. The ferry takes twenty minutes – one every hour – no booking required – just queue and wait till the ferry returns from Gigha. It takes an hour to drive down the Mull of Kintyre on the A83 to visit the Isle of Gigha, which in Old Norse appropriately means ‘God’s Island’. This list is far from extensive but here are 14 days to keep guests busy. Powdermills has now developed a list of suggestions for day trips based on our own excursions and what guests have told us of places they have visited. In fact, it is not unknown for sunshine, rain, hail, or snow, to appear all in one Summer’s day! The truth is there is always much to do in Argyll despite the variable weather. Guests at Powdermills Bed and Breakfast, near Inveraray often ask our advice of what they should do during their stay. ![]()
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