West Highland Week etc!

What a week! Nearly 4000 orienteers in Oban for the Scottish 6 Day Championship (we had over 100 of them staying at Cologin) at the same time as the famous West Highland Week Yachting regatta. Two of my children were taking part - one crewing with Misjif (the overall winner of the regatta - owned by an old school friend of Jim's) and the other a WHW groupie; there entirely for the social programme - which is just as famous as the sailing event!
Needless to say Jim and I were confined to base although the orienteers were very self sufficient and (for such a large group) extremely easy guests - we'd be delighted to welcome any of them back to Cologin. They had a bit of a mixed bag weather wise - some lovely sunny days with no wind (which made for challenging sailing but presumably pleasant orienteering) and some wet and windy days - great for racing! The sun is shining again today after some heavy rain over night so pretty standard August weather for Argyll!

We're trying to plan a quick trip down to Edinburgh to catch some Fringe Festival shows (and service the car) but it's difficult to get away as customers are booking so late these days that we are still selling August breaks. I guess with the perilous state of the economy folk are not making holiday plans until the last minute - and if they are prepared to be flexible there are bargains to be had! We're offering 20% discount on unsold weeks in August for the last few lodges and we're still taking short breaks - another big change in way we do business!