Day 1 Brodick/Cloanaig/Ford. Distance 54.37 miles. 2880 ft

Well I have had a disaster....I wrote a comprehensive blog last night about our first day of the trip then when trying to send it deleted it by accident. Furious !!  I can’t bring myself to write another one so will précis our day. It was a successful day, cloudy, showery, sunshine. We stopped for second breakfast at Tarbert then lunch at Ardrisaig where ‘small Kelpies‘ we’re on display. Lovely detour by the Crinan Canal then picked up the quiet road to Ford. By now the day had improved and brilliant sunshine greeted our arrival at Torran Bay Hostel, Loch Awe. Beautiful place with excellent facilities. We self catered, Linda making tomato pasta followed by my Pavlova. Fantastic night of food, drink, chat, stories. Oh at lunch time Sue gave a talk about the history of Argyll and at dinner Sarah talked about the Loch Awe area illustrated by Annie. Brilliant, thank you ladies. Fantastic first day.