Kingairloch

View of Loch Linnhe from Kingairloch.

Today I had to go to Kingairloch. The weather was better than the incessant cold rain that we've experienced over the last few days -there were some sunny intervals between showers.
 Kingairloch is very remote and very beautiful . To get there one has to take a narrow single track road with the sea on one side and cliffs on the other. Eventually you reach a stunning bay with a little white church and a few cottages. I visited the church and was to surprised to find some impressive stained glass windows , not what I would expect in a tiny place of worship in a remote hamlet.
 I'm not a Christian but I found the profound quietness in the church moving , an oasis of stillness in a busy chaotic world.
It turns out that the stained glass windows were commisioned by George Herbert Strutt who bought the estate in 1902. The Strutt family made their fortune in the cotton industry and were from Belper in Derbyshire.

On Monday, I had to go to Kilchoan. In contrast to Sunday that had been cold and dull it was a glorious Spring day. Ardnamurchan is always beautiful but on this occasion it was heavenly , all the weeks and months of rain were forgotten. This is a quick sketch of the bay beyond Glenborrodale. At this point the landscape changes dramatically from oak woodlands to open pasture moor and rock. My sketch sadly does little justice to the scale and drama of the view. The Ardnamurchan peninsular is the most westerly point on mainland Britain( most British people would wrongly assume that Cornwall is further west). It's a long drive from Fort William on winding, often single track roads, but my oh my is it worth it!
This week the clocks changed and I noticed the first green leaves breaking out on hawthorn trees and the daffodils are in bloom,spring is here at last!

Sketch of the hills whilst waiting for the Corran ferry .

Quick sketch whilst waiting for the train to town.