HEADING NORTH ALONG THE LOCH LOMOND ROAD
IST STOP ARDGARTAN Ardgartan lies at the mouth of the Croe Water, on the W shore of Loch Long, 2 miles (3 km) southwest of Arrochar. The Ardgartan Forest is part of the Argyll Forest Park and a Forestry Commission Visitor Centre and camp-site are located here.
The Vital Spark 'Eilean Eisdeal' was the name given to her by the Easdale Shipping Company but she was re-registered in 2006 as the Vital Spark after the stories written by the Inveraray writer Neil Munro who wrote about 'Para Handy', skipper of the puffer, the 'Vital Spark'.
HOMEWARD BOUND THROUGH GLENCROE