Scouts – Donich Website https://www.donich.co.uk Argyll wildlife and nature as seen on the banks of the Donich Water Tue, 15 Mar 2016 22:27:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.4 Walk to Coran https://www.donich.co.uk/blog/2016/03/15/walk-to-coran/ https://www.donich.co.uk/blog/2016/03/15/walk-to-coran/#respond Tue, 15 Mar 2016 22:27:44 +0000 http://www.donich.co.uk/?p=5350 It was another lovely day today, and as R was testing and I was reporting, I went for a walk down to Coran Lochan at the end of the peninsula on my own.

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What a gorgeous walk. Bright sunshine and about 12 degrees. It amazes me now that when we first came here we were tired out by this walk – now at about 8 miles it seems a bit of a stroll.
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I saw a deer, my first butterfly of the season (a peacock which I tried in vain to get a photo of) and three people in total over the whole walk.

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There were some scouts out on the loch when I got back, and I wondered if they realized how fortunate they were to have selected this week in the great lottery which is the Argyll weather.

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]]> https://www.donich.co.uk/blog/2016/03/15/walk-to-coran/feed/ 0 Scouts and times past https://www.donich.co.uk/blog/2014/03/13/scouts-and-times-past/ https://www.donich.co.uk/blog/2014/03/13/scouts-and-times-past/#respond Thu, 13 Mar 2014 12:58:16 +0000 http://marionmccune.com/?p=499 Lochgoilhead is a major centre for the Scouting Association. They have a residential base here and their season seems to have started now because we have seen groups around over the last few weeks. Often I feel quite sorry for them because they are out canoeing and abseiling and having to be jollied along in the most awful weather. Many years ago I can remember all the joys of a ‘Sausage Sizzle’ when I was in the Brownies. We looked forward to it for weeks then on the day it poured with rain, and the Sizzle turned into a Fizzle when it had to be moved indoors. The sausages were cold and wrinkled up and there was a queue a mile long for a ride on our unwilling hostess’ rocking horse… The joys of childhood.

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