Martin has got a new job in Balfron, hopefully starting in a couple of weeks and wanted to test his journey in the morning rush hour. I tagged along because Balfron is not very far from Loch Lomond and I thought we could have a day out.
It has been beautifully sunny weather over the past few days but today was a break in that weather and the forecast was showers in the morning and heavier rain in the afternoon. It was a perfect day for ice cream.
After arriving in Balfron at 8:15am, we headed to Balloch, Alexandria and got there about 30 minutes later. Wizgonies sandwich shop was open and ice cream was on the menu, but it was a bit early even for me!
We decided to have a Full Scottish Breakfast in Balloch and a look round Loch Lomond Shores before heading for Helenburgh where we could visit Hill House.
Helensburgh is the birthplace of John Logie Baird so on arrival we had to visit his memorial before we did anything else. After that it was approaching noon so a good time for ice cream! We headed to Dino's Café where we ordered a latté and a vanilla ice each. Two generous scoops with a wafer was served slightly unusually in banana split dishes. But the ice cream was divine. It was a light caramel colour with a lovely slightly toffee flavour. This is the type of ice cream that I remember from my childhood in Ayrshire.
The ice cream has been made to the same recipe since 1924 and they still make it on the premises. The proprietor told us that there used to be seven families making ice cream in Helensburgh but they are the only ones left.
Helensburgh is a lovely little town on the Firth of Clyde and we loved our visit to Charles Rennie Mackintosh's Hill House so we will definitely back to visit Dino's.
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