Snow on the Isle of Arran

After a very cold night we awoke to a brilliant bright day and decided to walk over the top of the island of Cumbrae (off the west coast of Scotland)

welcome to Cumbrae

as we crested the hill from our holiday cottage we could see snow on the Isle of Arran beyond

looking beyond the Cathedral of the Isles tower across the Firth of Clyde to the snow tipped mountains

The cathedral is the smallest in Britain with the nave seating just 80 people.

looking up the hill at the grand tower and spire

and its cloisters at the rear

the Lady Chapel with Triptych of Madonna and Child above the alter (Donald Swan, Millport)

looking down the nave to the alter, screen and pulpit

and towards the rear with the font on the right

Standing on Great Cumbrae Island looking at Little Cumbrae Island and Arran in the background

looking down on Cumbrae's only town - Millport and beyond to west coast of Scotland

looking over the tip of the Isle of Bute to Arran

and Largs marina on the mainland across the Firth of Clyde

Bute and the Kintyre Peninsula in the background

Bute and the peninsula from a slightly different angle

looking north towards Dunoon

The Glaid Stone (Trig Point) - the highest point on Cumbrae

Psalm 104 v 24 - a plaque near the Glaid Stone

former mineral well

someone is hoping for some luck at the well

we continued to walk down the hill to our holiday cottage - that's it on the left seen from the back.