Our only small escape over the Christmas break was for a couple of days to Dunoon – a small former seaside holiday town on the Firth of Clyde very similar to Rothesay (including being home to a new jmarchitects school).

We stayed at a colleague’s little cottage in a village called Sandbank on the outskirts of town and despite fairly awful weather managed a couple of walks along Holy Loch (above) through Puck’s Glen (below) to the local botanic gardens.

We had a few hours wandering around the town centre (especially when we missed the ferry back) but for some strange reason struggled to find the usually ubiquitous fish & chips anywhere!