Lochgilphead

Yesterday the SAMPHIRE team headed south from Oban into southern Argyll, stopping first at Lochgilphead. There we met two local fishermen, father and son Archie Gilp Sr. and Archie Gilp Jr. whose surnames demonstrate their local roots! Between them they have worked on the Argyll fisheries for many decades and now run a  tackle shop in Lochgilphead. They demonstrated a wealth of knowledge about local wrecks and were able to add several new sites to our maps. They also gave us a lot of helpful suggestions for local contacts and gave us directions to two intertidal wrecks at West Tarbert.