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Cycling Old Glen Ogle Railway Line

Some time ago, we took a trip up to Lochearnhead and cycled along the former Callander and Oban Line railway up Glen Ogle and over to...

RSPB SITE AND WALK AT Loch Lomond

On Boxing Day we posted a photo of Ben Lomond from the new RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) site, Loch Lomond. Here is a...

Beautiful Boxing Day by Loch Lomond

After several days of heavy rain over the days leading up to Christmas, and Christmas Day itself, it was great to get out into the open...

Return visit to nearby Geilston Gardens

We visited the fantastic Geilston Gardens at Cardross in June and having been hugely impressed by the colour and variety of these gardens...

Fabulous Geilston Gardens

Geilston Gardens, National Trust for Scotland Geilston Gardens are by the village of Cardross which is, on the road which runs along the...

Apple Blossom Time at Appletree Cottage and Shandon Farm

Orchard Blooms with Apple Blossom at Shandon Farm and Appletree Cottage It is the beginning of May and our apple trees at Shandon Farm...

An enchanting ruined priory on Inchmahom Island, Lake of Menteith

Its another lovely day at Appletree Cottage! Today we travel thirty minutes in the car to Port of Monteith and take a small ferry...

Walking round Sallochy and Ross Point

Sallochy Bay Another fine day at Appletree Cottage and today we explore the peninsula immediately north of Sallochy Bay on the east side...

Bird Spotting record for April 2017

Group of Ornithologists spot thirty species whilst staying at Appletree Cottage In late August this year (2017) a group of ornithologists...