Lochgilphead is 6 miles away and the busy port of Oban about an hour's drive from the Barns. There is a dinghy available to reach the beach at Crinan Ferry. Erskine Bridge and Glasgow Airport. Pass the airport and cross the Erskine Bridge and follow 'Loch Lomond', Arrochar, Inveraray and Lochgilphead. L eisure Kilmahumaig is peaceful.
Lawns run down to the lily pond and there is room for children to play or for quiet relaxation.
By contrast, in Crinan village there is a constant bustle, with fishing boats unloading their catches and yachts entering and leaving the sea-lock. The owners of the Barns also operate Gemini Cruises , offering trips to Jura and the Gulf of Corryvreckan , or to the surrounding islands for bird watching and seal spotting. Standing stones and neolithic burial cysts abound in the beautiful Kilmartin valley. Dunadd Fort, the ancient capital of Dalriada, rises from the flat lands of the Moss. This is a bird watcher's paradise, alive with geese and duck, the hunting ground of owls, harriers, peregrine and even the rare Osprey .