This is a film of a family holiday in Argyll, Scotland, including the Luss Highland Gathering and showing the natural landscape of the area. Title – Argyll Memories Title – By E R Warburton Intertitle – Luss – on the shores of Loch Lomond, where we visited the Highland Gathering. The film begins looking over Loch Lomond.  Following this, there is a field where the games are taking place and a Highland band is playing.  First up is weight throwing competition, followed by wrestling.  Three...

This is a film of a family holiday in Argyll, Scotland, including the Luss Highland Gathering and showing the natural landscape of the area. Title – Argyll Memories Title – By E R Warburton Intertitle – Luss – on the shores of Loch Lomond, where we visited the Highland Gathering. The film begins looking over Loch Lomond.  Following this, there is a field where the games are taking place and a Highland band is playing.  First up is weight throwing competition, followed by wrestling.  Three girls pose in their Highland costumes, and this is followed by a girl’s Highland dance competition.  The next game is the caber toss.  There is some film of a village and of the loch again. Intertitle – Then on through Glen Orchy . . . Mrs Warburton and her son Peter walk along the side of a river where a man is fishing. Intertitle – and through Glen Coe. There is a view across the Glen. Intertitle –  . . to Oban. There is a view over Oban. Intertitle – McCaig’s folly. They go up to the folly, looking down on the town. Intertitle – We sailed from Oban, up the Sound of Mull, to . . . They sail along the coast, past the Western Isles Hotel and land near Macbraynes Tobermory.  Travellers and goods get on and off the ferry before it moves on. Intertitle – . . to Staffa . . They board a packed smaller boat and do a tour of the island, looking at the unusual rock formations. Intertitle – Fingal’s Cave. They go up close to the cave entrance before moving on. Intertitle – and so to Iona. They continue on their boat trip, stopping at the isle of Iona, visiting the church and Iona Abbey and the Ridge of Kings. Intertitle –  . . . back to Oban . . We took the boat to Seal Island in the hope of seeing some of the inhabitants. They take a boat tour of the island, seeing seals in the sea and on land. Intertitle – Easdale – once a busy centre of the slate industry. There is a view of the coast, with a brief glimpse of Peter.  Mrs Warburton and some women walk by as they wander around the village. Intertitle – . . . over Clachan Bridge, better known as the ‘Bridge over the Atlantic’ . They drive over the bridge, looking out at the landscape. Intertitle –  . . . where we are left with our . . . Argyle memories Title – The End