WATCH DAY TRIP SLIDESHOW
LOCH GOIL
Bairdstravel had an away day at beutiful Loch Goil .
The weather was wet but the scenary was terrific.
It is an arm of Loch Long.
The village of Lochgoilhead stands at its head.
Located in the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park, Lochgoilhead sits at the head of Loch Goil, a fjord type sea loch. Only 1 hour from the Erskine Bridge, Glasgow Airport the M8 and Glasgow. The village is accessed from the Rest-and-be-Thankful pass via a 6 mile single track road. This is a special place, surrounded by hills and mountains, with superb loch views, as well as as wide range of accommodation, leisure activities and entertainment. The landscape at Loch Goil shows its remoteness and Highland Graduer with the Arrochar Alps surrounding with conifers in the Highlands of Scotland.
It is used for exercises by Trident submarines from HMNB Clyde at Faslane.
ABOVE IS CARRICK CASTLE
This keep was constructed in the 1400's and Mary, Queen of Scots visited here in 1563.The keep was pillaged and burned in 1685 during Argyll's rebellion. The property was passed to the Earls of Dunmore. Don't know who owns it now, but the structure is being restored
Impressive Drimsynie caravan site 
REST AND BE THANKFUL