Allison Scott `s family trip to beautiful Loch Awe
Loch Awe, the longest inland loch in Scotland, is a loch of immense beauty set amidst the magnificent mountains of the Scottish Highlands. Still unspoiled, yet easily accessible, it has small villages, handsome estates and mansions set along its shores and is renowned for its trout and pike fishing. Here, too, are small islands and crannogs with rich histories of convents, castles, stone age relics and medieval knights.
Loch Awe is renowned for its trout fishing. Salmon pass through the loch, coming past the barrage in the River Awe and continuing into the River Orchy. Loch Awe contains several ruined castles on islands, and at the northern end has one of the most photographed castles in Scotland, Kilchurn Castle, which in summer may be visited by a short boat trip or by a half mile walk from a small car park just after the bridge over the River Orchy. It was from Loch Awe and surrounding area that Clan Campbell established itself as a powerful family.
ALLISON WITH THE STUNNING LOCH AWE BEHIND
Kilchurn Castle