MEMORIES OF OBAN, SCOTLAND.

[@TriflingCircle]

Another good enjoyed video. Good quality. We visited Oban one day in July 2010 and it rained all day as it did on most other days. To keep dry we went on that ferry to Mull. Reasonable fare, about £7 each, but we did not land there as rain continued and we would have had to stay there for about three hours. The ferry trip was enjoyabll. Great scenery.

[@chrissellers5017]

I can understand and feel your attachment to Oban. Lovely - thank you!

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

I am glad you enjoyed looking around too! One day I would like to go back and travel on one of those ships to the offshore islands.

[@robmasterman]

I am amazed at the quality you've achieved on this one Mike, even on the wide screen option. A wonderful record of your trip to Scotland, and another very enjoyable watch....Bob

[@siobhan104]

Nice one Mike. Very enjoyable. I'd love to visit the Islands and Highlands one day. Very scenic. All the best....Tim.

[@newportphotoman]

I very much liked this, as I have visited Oban a few times in the past. The quality of the video came out very well, I could not tell the difference from a modern video.

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

I bet that was a fine place to live.The views are truly magnificent!

[@ic2264]

Very nice to look at

[@ATSF1927]

A very scenic area, I enjoyed watching the video.

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

Yes, I do like Oban. I would like to go back there for a longer stay!

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

@TriflingCircle When we visited Scotland in our Mini in the 1960s it was the first time we had been on holiday when it rained every day for the whole week! I can still remember the sound of the rain pounding on the thin roof of the car! We loved the scenery however and would like to go back again some time to have a better look around..

[@treasurehuntingscotlandmud9340]

Enjoyed the video

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

@newportphotoman Thank you. I too was pleased how things look on screen afer all the processing.

[@downhill240]

What was the function of the McCaig's tower? Very enjoyable film!

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

@robmasterman Thanks Bob. We lived in a settlement of temporary war time prefab houses back in the 1940s which had been removed when we went back looking in the 1960s. I have recently enjoyed having another look around the area using Goolgle Earth and located where I used to have fun playing as a child. Very enjoyable!

[@pawelsawicki7003]

Crazy video videos

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

@downhill240 I believe it was work given to builders when times were hard by a local benefactor just to give them employment. It is a striking open circle of walls with green space inside from which there are wonderful scenic vistas to be enjoyed.Seeing it above the town straight away signifies you are looking at Oban.

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

I was a boy of about 4 or 5 during the war so had no photos of my own.. I do remember with affection some black and white photos my parents had, but sadly they have not survived the passage of time..

[@sandymcmillan9684]

Thanks for the reply. I thought you may have gone to school in Oban

[@margaretgrant8626]

Avast there, Admiral! For your ferry trip, go on the Wednesday Cal-Mac to the pier at Colonsay, then on to Port Askaig on Islay - a beautiful island with the friendliest folk on the planet. Stay overnight at the Whytes' Guest House at the airport. The following day take ferry from Port Askaig or Port Ellen to Kennacraig, from where take car or bus back to Oban. For your next trip, take the ferry to Mull, then bus to Ulva Ferry which you can reach by a small ferry boat. Having done that then on to Fionnphort and over to Iona. And the 3rd trip: Cal-Mac at Oban, stay onboard overnight, then to Coll-of-the-corncrakes and then Tiree-of-the-surfers, and back to Oban, all in one day. (On alternate days, the order is Oban-Tiree-Coll-Oban).Tha mi'n dochas gu'm bi toigh leat do thurais!All best.

[@bradburypound6023]

Been away for 3 years now, miss my wee bonny town like nothing else, hope to be back in August

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

Oban will always have a special place in my memory! A Beautiful place!

[@bradburypound6023]

ADMIRALSCORNER Yes it will forever be home

[@sandymcmillan9684]

McCaig's Tower is never referred to as "Folly" which is something built for no purpose. McCaig gave work to local people but the first war came along and took the men away. The work was never completed. Oban is my home town and that of my parents, grandparents and great grandparents and beyond. S.McMillan. Feb 2016

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

I certainly did fulfill its purpose and left Oban with a very characteristic feature. I lived nearby as a young boy in the early 1940's and is one of my favourite early memories.

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

@ATSF1927 Yes isnt it! Seeing the video again has made me dig out my maps to discover what the various islands are called.

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

@howarth004 Hi Dave Thanks for looking in. I suppose it could be snow up there at this time of year

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

@JKelcy I am glad you enjoyed looking around too!

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

@siobhan104 Hi Tim.I think I must go back again and spend more time in the area

[@rumlad1]

Been away now for 15 years, originally form England but been to scotland many times on holiday, one of the most beautiful places on earth without doubt ,rain or shine, sometimes you feel like the first man on earth if you find somewhere remote . Glad I left England is is a dump

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

+STUART SUGDEN Certainly England is rather damp at the moment! Somehow Scotland manages to look good even in bad weather! Love it!

[@garyhughes600]

anybody have video footage of arbroath trawler valhalla in oban storm late 19.80z

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

Since you stirred my memory I have had a look into what photos I may still have and have come across three taken in 1944 at Dunstaffnage village showing the old prefab houses that we lived in at the time, and myself aged four with a friend and also one of my mother wearing wartime clothing! It they would be of any interest to you, I will e mail copies if you would like to give me your address.

[@321micks123]

I loved climbing over Dunstaffnage Castle, back in the 1970's, my father worked at the marine lab. we lived in Dunbeg; but we bought laura house in connel in 1974. Great era amazing place.

[@sandymcmillan9684]

To Admiralscorner. I was born in 1944. Did you know my great grandfather John (Denny) MacFarlane or Captain MacInnes

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

No. I was only a child of 3 when we first arrived to live at at the little prefab village of Dustaffnage. My father was sent there during the War from Plymouth where he worked in Devonport Dockyard. I had a look at the location while on holiday in recent years but all the buildings I remembered had gone.

[@bangolifoodhunter9553]

I love oban,front of the fairy my old house

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

I too have happy memories of the place.

[@gotzplaysandblogs8188]

I live there

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

I expect you realise that many would like to do so too!

[@555starXscream666]

Oh wow you are so cool. We are all totally amazed that you live in Oban. Please tell us more

[@gotzplaysandblogs8188]

Heres a little story all about it This is a little town called oban this is a place what we have always expecting people to stop of (nowing as tourist) there is more than. 2k people your thinking wow its a small place there is a school called Rockfeild primory campus,Park school,loads more and we have stunning pink sky every night so far this month there is a little small beach called Ganavin and near it theres a castle called dunollie (sorry my spelling)and a very buitifullplace to explore its a little trip called stromache and thats not all remeber are very pouloareice cream shop the pogy hat and the place what was gonna be made into a colusiam mucages tower.thats a little short story about oban

[@gotzplaysandblogs8188]

But sadly some of those shops are now diffrent on this video

[@ADMIRALSCORNER]

GeCo GaMeR101-Minecraft-clash of clans A great place and no mistake. I did briefly go to my first school there myself back in 1945.