The pub — Ardgour Inn — seems a bit of a disappointment to me, standard pub grub and no real ale. However, it is certainly very handy for the anchorage (ph 01855 841225). For draft beer and al fresco food head to Ardgour Ales at Camas Aiseig. You can sit outside the Ardgour Inn — or inside — having a drink while the children play on a very sandcastle sort of a little beach, adjacent to the ferry slipway. The wrecked fishing boat might look atmospheric but it is breaking up and becoming a danger. So far no one seems to be taking responsibility to remove it. There is a coffee shack adjacent to the hotel open every day except Mondays and Sundays
Take a walk round the foreshore to the Corran Point lighthouse, a Stevenson again, built in 1860, with a lovely two-storied keepers' house with an external stair. A most satisfactory ensemble, enhanced by the backdrop of Upper Loch Linnhe in one direction and Lower Loch Linnhe in the other. But not by the noise of the main road along the east side of the loch.
There has been a ferry here for centuries and the modern version, taking cars since 1935, is constantly on the go but is not really a navigational problem, in fact it is a charming addition to the general atmosphere. Some have seriously suggested a bridge which would ruin the whole place, but no doubt help regenerate Morvern, Ardgour and Ardnamurchan (for better or worse). However, someone would have to widen the single track roads to accommodate the inevitably increased numbers of motor-homes and caravans, along with the pressures of more and more tourists. In 2020 this idea was being very seriously considered by the Lochaber Chamber of Commerce. The tunnel option sounds a better but more expensive bet to me, there would then not be a problem for yachts with tall masts transiting the Caledonian Canal, or for cruise ships if they still exist and are welcomed for their money but with all their pollution.
