We had heard that there was to be a new Marina in Portavadie, and when we went through the breakwater we were met with a ?Marie Celeste? type situation ? brand new marina/pontoons ? all lit up with power??.and nobody on them!! We went down to the bottom end of ... Time to go; and we decided to head over and pick up a mooring at one of Sara and I's favourite hotels Stonefield Castle Hotel just north of Tarbert on the west coast of the loch. We picked up one of the hotels ...
Tighnabruich is pronounced Tie-na-brew-ich. It is situated on the Cowal Peninsula on the west of Scotland. It is at the side of the westernmost of the two Kyles of Bute on the road that leads to Portavadie and the ferry to Arran. ...
When it came time for deciding where to take our family vacation for 2009, there was only one choice -- Scotland. My wife and I had spent our honeymoon there in 2006, and it was time to introduce the rest of the family to this wonderful country. ... Back on the road, we then took a very picturesque drive across the Scottish countryside over the Tighnabruich Overlook and on to Portavadie where we caught the ferry to Tarbert, (where, incidentally, the best Cullen Skink in ...
