UK 2026 – Day 8 (Lake District to Oban)

Transfer from Lake District (we’d love to come back) to Oban. Light traffic all the way including Glasgow. The route looked a bit confusing on Apple Maps. But it turned out to be straight forward.

Leaving Lake District
Light traffic most of the time

We stopped for lunch in Luss by Loch Lomond. After walking around we settled for Loch Lomond Arms Hotel. Four of us had haggis and one had a hamburger.

Two dirty cars
Loch Lomond
Haggis

We decided to take the alternative route via Inverary instead of A85. It looked more interesting on the map. But we ended up being stuck at a roadwork for quite a while. Plus there was a lot of gravel on the road. So we got some more stone chips.

Fence to stop stones from falling on the road
Waiting at the roadwork (photo by Per Mohlin)
Driving on A83

The hotel in Oban sits next to the sea. Since we arrived quite early, we took the opportunity to wash the car. Plus walking around town.

The hotel
View from our room
Low tide when we arrived
Tempting!

In the evening, we ended up eating some nice langusters at EE-USK in the harbour.

A beer at the hotel
Langusters
Evening in the harbour
Today’s driving

393 km and 4 hours 50 minutes driving.

Comments

Leave a comment