"By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond.
Where me and me true love spent many days
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond"
- Loch Lomond (Runrig)
Summer. Synonymous with fun, friends and lots of sun.
Loch Lomond offers all these and more, without sacrificing the stitches of your wallet.
From the relaxingly silent and few passengers of the 11:55am bus from Glasgow to Cambletown, the arrival at Luss gave the initial impression of a dull and forgotten small-town. Humming to the tune of "The Way" by Ariana Grande, I reminded myself that this little family trip will probably only last just a few hours, then I can get back to staring blankly at YouTube videos in my own dark and dreary work desk.
Dragging myself along the concrete to my mother's constant whimsical nonsense, I kept my new Primark horn-rimmed sunglasses firmly placed on the bridge of my nose as to maintain my own dreary form. It was very sunny, though I just wasn't feeling it.
Closing in to the village main road, the houses dotted around were surprisingly different to the ever similar designs of city council houses. These were a lot more like the ones in children's story books with their picket fences and the blossomed roses vining the stone walls. A small gift shop displayed post cards and placemats with a patriotic Scottish theme...typical. However, they sell the most delectable toffee-flavoured tablet which mother insisted were not tablets but solid toffee due to the packaging label.
A short walk from said gift-shop, we arrived at the loch shore (lake shore, beach, bank...idk). It was 12:30pm and, to my surprise, few people were lounging in the sun creating the idea that everyone else is at Ayr beach and that Loch Lomond was a fairly under appreciated holiday site.
True to the song (see subheading), Loch Lomond is a paradise amongst the famous bonnie glens of Scotland. The sand was not the white grainy type I would've liked, but it was enough to create a decent sandcastle. Water glimmered under the sun in a way that was only truly possible in Special FX bombarded movies. The pier attracted visitors from everywhere to have a go at their speedboat cruises of the dramatically wide loch. Men, women and children were in their beach attire, fully taking advantage of what this place had to offer. A picnic area next to car park was ideal to rest our feet and munch on our Poundland/Sainsburys lunches. I couldn't believe my eyes. How can such a paradise have so little visitors? From now, I will continue to call Loch Lomond a paradise, as it was nothing short of that.
If you explore a little further into Luss, a tiny chapel featured gravestones dotted around its grounds with so many interesting stories of love and death. Seriously, it was so cute!
Further into Luss, you come across a freshwater stream, so clear you could see the bottom. Unfortunately...no fish. The waters in Luss were perfect for skipping stones, an activity Allyssa and I enjoyed about half the time of the whole trip.
I never ran out of photography inspirations, there were large knocked over tree trunks, monumental monuments and, of course, the famous Scottish green glens. A nightmare for Hayfever victims, so don't forget to pack the Piriteze. Then there was this cute girl working at the local cafe/gift shop (PM me ^_^ !)
Overall, the trip is something every visitor or resident of Scotland should visit. The rest you enjoy from the busy city life and incomparable to anything else, it is almost fantasy.
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