Today, it was up bright and early to go take the coach to Dunoon and Argyll forest!
Before getting to Argyll forest, we made a quick bathroom/photo stop at another part of Loch Lomond. I cannot express how grateful I am for this stop. I was pretty much two seconds from throwing up the contents of my stomach from motion sickness when the coach parked and I sprinted out onto solid ground. I'm very prone to motion sickness, and I usually take Dramamine, but I'd been find on all the trips so far and it makes me sleepy so I hadn't taken any.. that was a mistake. But, with the cool, fresh air of the beautiful day (and a very helpful bench), I felt better in no time and was able to enjoy the stop. Today was a near perfect day, weather wise. The most gorgeous day I've seen here so far. I didn't wear my rain jacket at all - just my CNU sweatshirt and a scarf. We spent some time at this part of Loch Lomond, taking in the beauty. Though there were clouds, the sun was shining and it was almost painfully bright! As one who feels like she hasn't seen proper sunlight in weeks, this was really exciting.
Jumping photos are my favorite.
I've decided that this will be the 'thing' I do at each place we visit.
We found the sad remnants of snow at Loch Lomond!
Someone had attempted to make a snowman at some point...
GORGEOUS DAY.
After the quick break at Loch Lomond, we climbed back into the coach and drove for about an hour to get to Argyll Forest Park. We did about a three hour walk of Puck's Glen here, and it was simply breathtaking. Along the way, Gary told us a few stories about faeries - Puck's Glen is associated with a lot of faery tales. Sarah and I were even used as props at one point in these stories. We were each given children (played by two guys of the tour) that we had apparently given birth to. Turns out, Sarah's "child" wasn't actually her kid - her child had been stolen by the faery king, who had replaced it... It was a weird story. But awesome nonetheless.
Puck's Glen was really green, and really wet. Not incredibly muddy, mind you - just wet. There were trees, moss, and little water falls all over the place. It really felt like a faery kingdom. We wandered within Puck's Glen for quite some time - surfacing to the outside world at the end, and feeling completely mystified by the beauty. It was like it's own little world, and it felt like nothing else existed outside of this green haven.
"None of this feels real." It was just so... majestic.
After the gorgeous walk through Argyll Forest, we drove about fifteen minutes longer and stopped in the town of Dunoon. It was a really pretty area, if calm (it was a Sunday, after all). Since Sarah and I ate on the bus, we went with Gary and a few others for a little random exploring. We were going to go on a little forest hike, but ran out of time. We still got to see some cool back areas of Dunoon though, and that was awesome. After this little trek, the group went back to the location of the old Dunoon Castle. It was a very picturesque, green area. I throughly enjoyed just sitting and looking around at the beauty. The water was so pretty, the sun was shining, and the grass was dry enough to sit on (yay!) while we listened to Gary tell a few stories. There were a lot of opportunities for Sarah and I to use or black and white film cameras today - from the unreal greenery of Puck's Glen to the beautiful scenery of Dunoon, I was in photo-heaven. I used about half a roll of film today alone (which is good, because I need to be finished with the roll by Tuesday at 2...).
After this, it was time to head back to the bus. We took a ferry across the water (about twenty minutes) and then had an hour bus ride back to Glasgow. I pretty much slept my way through this part of the trip... But, thankfully, no motion sickness relapses! Glory hallelujah.
Overall, it was an absolutely fantastical day, and now I am exhausted!
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