If heading to or from Luss, these colourful, eye-catching cottages will certainly do just that as you make your way along the old Loch Lomond road.

On a previous visit through here back in 2014, there was a bit of extra blue provided by some Scottish Referendum campaign paraphernalia. We won't say which way they were swinging, but if it had gone that way, access wouldn't be allowed without a passport today, probably.

Opposite you'll find a small 'marina' and a lay-by with room for, oooh, five cars? Or three cars and two trailers if folk are bringing dinghies. Or two cars and three trailers but then where's the other car? Or five trailers?

Five trailers? Are you crazy? How exactly does that work?

Out in the bay is a statue you can catch a glimpse of through the trees. No, a child didn't drown although why it's called Wee Peter - thanks Gerry  - isn't exactly clear.

William Kerr was a local orphan who spent a happy childhood here before ending up in fancy London being a bit of a builder. One presumably well-heeled client had Kerr commissioned to construct their ornate, new home but were fussily nonplussed at the statue for '  mon repose'.

When Kerr decided to return for good in 1890, he nicked it from the skip and brought it back in the van. He plopped it on a plinth to, somewhat selfishly, fondly remind him of those formative years.

Given his choice of profession, couldn't he just have supplied the Tarmac™ for that badly needed marina car park?

He'd only have to wait 11 years for it to be invented.