Balvicar

This seems a rather messy, scrappy sort of place with little to do. There is no pub, hotel or even cafe but there is a general store. And there is a boatyard which could come in handy (phone 01852 300557). It is not as attractive as the other 'slate villages' hereabouts, like Cullipool or Easdale. There is an interesting looking 9-hole golf course if you are into that sort of thing - the Isle of Seil Golf Club. And out of the village to the 'main road' turn left and left again, there is a quite nice cemetery with some old slabs and a very small bit of a medieval church - Kilbrandon old parish church.