Monday, 13th December

Balloch - just a short stop when we first arrived towards the end of the day. View shows boats on the river Leven which flows into Loch Lomond 

Tuesday 14th December.

A leisurely stroll through Balloch Castle country Park:

Followed by coffee at the Waterhouse Inn back in Balloch - we didn't mind too much that there were no vacancies at the Police Station!

Followed by lunch at Colquohon's Restaurant in Luss.

From here we drove into the heritage village of Luss, where unfortunately the shops were shut. The two images below were taken from the pier at Luss, looking out over the Loch and back at Colquohon's Restaurant 
 

Wednesday 15th December.

Morning - Beautiful walk at Balmaha. Followed by lunch at The Oak Tree Inn 

Afternoon walk at Rowardennan

Beautiful scotch pine at Rowardennan

Pete pointing out the sweets at the quirky hospitality station at the start of the walk up Ben Lomond (we didn't make it up to the top) I was quite happy to make it to this rather lovely waterfall. By now the light was fading so time to turn round!

Ptarmigan Falls

Helen looking ready to scale the mountain.

Thursday 16th December. We thoroughly enjoyed a short cruise on the loch:

Looking over at the luxurious Cameron House Hotel

Friday 17th December

Just time for a short stroll before breakfast. The images below are all either immediately outside the lodge we stayed in, or within a 5 minute walk.