Skipness Travel Guide

 scottishvisitor Says:  While Kenny drove from the Castle car park back into the village I decided to walk the short distance and I'm so glad I did. The first glimpse of the Church sitting just beyond the cute humped back bridge was a pleasing sight which I most probably would have missed from the... 

 scottishvisitor Says:  Skipness Abbey is also known as Kilbrannan Abbey named after the stretch of water it looks onto the Kilbrannan Sound. From here you can see the Isle of Arran, during our visit the weather was a little hazy so the view although beautiful did not take well with my camera. The... 

 scottishvisitor Says:  Skipness Castle was built in the early 1300's as the family home of the Clan MacSween. It was invaded and controlled by 'The Lords' of the Isles' 'MacDonalds' in 1345. Around 1493 the Castle came into the hands of the Earl of Argyll and remained in the Campbell family for... 

 scottishvisitor Says:  Living beside the sea, beaches are no strangers to me, I love to walk along a beach in any weather just breathing in the sea air. Skipness beach was no different - fresh sea air and single and sand. Travelling with a dog is not easy, you always have to consider their needs... 

 scottishvisitor Says:  Even lazy drivers can get fit driving to Carradale Beach! To reach the beach from Aird's Village you have to pass through a series of gates - which naturally are closed - so your exercise is getting in and out of the car to open and close these gates. In hindsight the car... 

 scottishvisitor Says:  This tiny place is sandwiched between the two settlements of Carradale and East Carradale and goes by the name of Aird's Village. An attractive place even if there seems to be only one street. I did like the little public area beside the War Memorial and floral garden with... 

 scottishvisitor Says:  We found Campbeltown's architecture a little dark and drab, but not so the dramatic white hues of the Town House. This building stood out in a rather dull town and made Campeltown a little bit special for me. Constructed in Seventeen Sixty with only the stone spire replacing... 

 scottishvisitor Says:  Campbeltown is affectionately known as 'The Wee Toon' but is in fact the biggest settlement in the whole of the Kintyre Peninsular. The Duke of Argyll changed the town's name from Kinlochkilkerran which was the English equivalent of the Scottish Gaelic Cearinloch Chille... 

 scottishvisitor Says:  It was getting late into the afternoon and we needed a drink and a place to rest and relax from the seemingly endless B879 road from Skipness to Campbeltown. The Glen Bar fitted the bill perfectly. Service here was friendly and welcoming - we asked the lady behind the bar... 

 scottishvisitor Says:  This is the only shop in the village of Skipness but it carries every eventuality on your shopping list. As well as a well stocked shop selling every day essentials you will find here a post office and a place which proudly showcases local crafts. Residents of the village... 

 scottishvisitor Says:  The little hen house was positioned on the path on the track to the Castle - a little way before we even saw the farmhouse but I think my guess was right it did belong to the farm. When they advertise 'free range eggs' this is exactly what they mean, around the farm and... 

 scottishvisitor Says:  The Castle and the Abbey are set smack bang in the middle of a working farm. There were no signs to say 'No Dogs' most people we met here had a leashed dog with them. One small loose dog followed us to and fro (he seemed familiar with the territory - he probably belonged to...