St. Brendan's Seat, Argyll

Hello again!
My friend MB came to stay with me over the New Year.
We spent Hogmanay (New Year's Eve) at the Oban outdoor bash in -- yes, sadly -- the Tesco car park. It was a very jolly affair, great atmosphere, mostly great music, lovely fireworks. We were soo impressed with the Oban Pipe Band!
I didn't have my camera with me but here's a view of the old Hydro ruins atop a rocky outcropping high above Oban: that's where they launched the fireworks. As it was a crystal clear night, the pretty colours must have been visible from far, far away.
Doing our bit to keep carbon output low, we rented a bicycle for M and went on a few lovely rides. Here's a view taken on January 2, 2009, as we cycled back to Oban on the inland road from the Dive Centre at Gallanach:
Doing a bit less to keep carbon output low, we also enjoyed a drive in the company of one of my lovely neighbours, GS. He took us south of Oban to guide us to St. Brendan's Seat, only rediscovered in January 2008 or so.
Here's M sitting comfortably on the thin layer of grass that grows on it. You can clearly see the neatly cut or sawed-off edges behind and to the right of her.
The seat is about half-way between the road to Seil Island and what I believe to be called the Toad of Lorne, the site of an ancient Gaelic fort. It overlooks a lochan and what was once a ring of standing stones. (More details about this some other time, i.e. as soon as I've dug up the relevant brochure published by the Lorne Archaeological and Historical Society.)
A view from the seat -- there's ice on the rims of the lochan below. The stone circle would have been at about 11 o'clock above the lochan. Now, only one stone remains standing; two or three others have toppled -- there's cattle grazing there, and the animals love to scrape their sides against the stones -- a strange way of dealing with Scotland's ancient heritage...
A view from a little higher up -- the setting sun creates a fabulous light-hole just above the horizon:
And finally, a view from where the fort once stood: