Hi

 

On Wednesday we travelled to Campbeltown just for a change of scene.

 

We stayed in an AirBnB apartment, had a drink in a pub and an sit-in Indian meal (we haven’t done either of those for quite some time thanks to Covid)

 

It was wonderful.

 

Its a 120 mile drive on twisty narrow roads and many people - myself included once - wouldn’t think the town itself is worth the effort…..It’s heyday was in the victorian times and like a lot of UK coastal towns, has been in decline for some time.

 

I went once before on my motorbike 20 years ago to meet friends at the music festival its best known for. It rained the entire time. I saw nothing but the steamed up inside of my visor as I concentrated on staying upright!

 

Same on the way back and the music festival being purely acoustic folk music was not to my taste.

 

So I wasn’t in a hurry to go back until my partner Mo suggested the trip.

 

As the weather was set to be Ok and we’d be in a car I said yes - what the hell.

 

And it was wonderful.  The digital world has helped rejuvenate the place and it's won an award for most improved town in Argyll and Bute.

 

Entrepreneurs have leveraged things like Airbnb, online advertising, remote working and e-commerce

 

And the place has a positive, upwardly mobile vibe while still being under most tourist’s radar

 

But for me the best things were the views on the 20 miles or so of coast just before you reach the town itself.

 

I missed it all on that bike trip because of cloud and rain

 

Now I felt a weird kind of high as I saw it in all it’s glory. Its a wild coast with rocky outcrops on white sand and crashing white surf and spray

 

In the distance you can see the Hebridean Isles of Jura and Islay. Its genuinely magical.

 

No wonder Paul McCartney retreated here after the Beatles and has since bought numerous farms in the area

 

It where he wrote Mull of Kintyre and there’s a memorial garden to his wife Linda in Campbeltown. We paid our respects.

 

After a leisurely breakfast we headed back up the road, stopping for photos and videos of that awesome coastline.

 

We took a shortcut back via the Portavadie Ferry - a first for us and another beautiful place to explore more in future.

 

I really do have to thank the Internet for making all this possible: Living in this amazing area, having the freedom to explore it whenever we want to, and for its ability to help people and places thrive.

 

When we used to visit places we fell in love with we used to talk about HOW we could possible live there

 

Now we just talk about WILL we live here?

 

I also have to thank my mentors for showing how to put all the pieces together and making an income as I did so.

 

Want real freedom? Get online.

 

Bests

 

 

Dave