“With the dogs, pigs, geese, chickens, B&B guests, farm shop and everything else, we don’t get time to go away together, ever,” Mr. Soar said. In four decades, the longest stretch they’ve managed away from the house was four nights, he said, “and that was our honeymoon.” 2023 March 22, Ben West, “This 835-Year-Old English Manor Needs Some Modern Love”, in The New York Times:
Finally, after passing more lochs and calling at several delightful little stations such as Dalmally (a well-preserved Victorian gem housing a B&B), we swing around the back of Oban to arrive at the harbourside station and journey's end - seven days and 81 trains after first leaving Halifax! 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 9&!, page 79: