A neat little lunch-stop half way up Loch Sween, or for overnight. Just up the bay there is a strange circular and castellated structure, not a boathouse, but some sort of Victorian (I imagine) bathhouse. It belongs to whoever owns the mostly 17th century and attractive Taynish House above the anchorage. This all looks a bit private, as does the nearer 'Round House' which is actually octagonal and was once a dairy and then a gun-room. The farm buildings are derelict. It is all so far away and private that it was once, it is said, the hideaway for the future King Edward VII's mistress (and I imagine for the mistresses of other posh blokes too). It is where John Lorne Campbell spent his childhood, the man who bought and then gave away Canna (The Man Who Gave Away his Island, A Life of John Lorne Campbell of Canna. Ray Perman, Birlinn, Edinburgh, 2010)). Walking along the shore is nice, as well exploring the Taynish National Nature Reserve which stretches all the way to Tayvallich, loads of nature and lovely walks, deciduous woodland, a huge ruined watermill, and lots of dragonflies.
