Plans were afoot at Dunollie today as a squelching spring walk around the site opened up the vision of the grounds for the Dunollie Homecoming event ‘The Hidden Jewel’  Sadie Dixon-Spain and Liam Calgie met with Catherine Gillies (Dunollie’s project manager) and her lovely assistant ‘Richard’ today at Dunollie house to site the walk for the event. A glorious spring day with snow drops bursting from the banks and magnificent views out across the Firth of Lorne from the old ruined Dunollie castle.  From this breathtaking site we could easily imagine the North Atlantic convoy ships mustering or feel the echoes of King Harkon of Norway’s troops gathering ready for the battle of Largs.  A place seeped in moving history and vision of Scotlands past and present. No finer setting to bring to life the voices of the MacDougal family history and to boot in the kitchen garden pond, the most extraordinary collection of frogspawn that any of us had ever seen. An inspiring and thoughtful morning for us all.