Our Trip to Campbeltown via Railway to Oban

And Then Car

Aerial view of Campbeltown. Archibald, Earl of Argyll, chose this as the location for a new settlement – a Plantation of ‘Lowland men and trafficking burgesses’ (McKerral 1948, 24) – developed at the head of the loch from 1609 onwards. The Plantation town centred on a new castle and was part of a programme of initiatives designed to bring to heel this part of Argyll, traditionally associated with MacDonalds and other kindreds who, in the eyes of the Crown, had been acting a little too independently. The creation of Campbeltown and the wider Plantation of Kintyre should be understood in the context of wider efforts by the Scottish and, after 1603, combined British authorities to pacify and control Scotland’s western seaboard and those parts of Ireland to which it was intimately linked.

a Full Scottish Breakfast, a traditional and hearty meal similar to the English fry-up but with a few Scottish specialties added. Let’s go through what’s on the plate and the usual ingredients for each item:

🥓 Typical Components in the Image

  1. Fried Egg

  2. Baked Beans 

  3. Black Pudding (Top Center, dark slice) –

  4. Lorne Sausage (Rectangular slice, bottom right of center) – Also known as square sausage, unique to Scotland.

    Tattie Scone (Golden triangle, left side) 

  5. Grilled Tomato (Middle front)

  6. Fried Mushrooms (Top back)

  7. Haggis (Brown round patty beside tomato)

  8. Spinach or Cooked Greens (Bottom left)