Seaplane!

On Tuesday James and I had an exciting day. It was really James’ exciting day, with me tagging along, because we were going on a seaplane flight, which was Heather & Ewan’s 60th Birthday present to James back in January. This was our second attempt; the first time that we booked it we got a message that morning to say that the cloud was too low and the flight was cancelled. Yesterday however we woke to blue skies and were very excited.

It didn’t take long to drive to Cameron House Hotel on Loch Lomond, the first time I have been there. I was very impressed with the hotel and the spa looked good too. We had time for a quick coffee before strolling down to the jetty for the flight. Neither of us have ever been on a seaplane flight before and it was fantastic fun. How strange it was to take off from the water; we could see the wake from the floats as we skimmed along, and then suddenly we were up and away. We circled round Loch Lomond and then headed west across the Clyde Estuary, passed Gigha, the north of Bute and out to Jura. It was absolutely amazing. The slanting winter sunshine lit up the hills and sea beautifully, and also accentuated the shadows of trees and paths and even sheep! It was such a gorgeous day. We did a wide turn past Jura and headed back to Loch Lomond, passing over Tarbert Loch Fyne which looked very pretty. We descended steeply onto Loch Lomond and taxied back to the jetty. What a trip and what a treat! We had lunch at the hotel, looking on to the loch and discussing our flight.