Mull, scotland

after a 6-or-so hour drive, with a stop at a posh oyster bar for a delicious fish lunch, we arrived in oban, where we had a coffee and wondered around:


Then we caught the ferry to Craignure on Mull. the ferry took about 50 mins and the drive to our cottage on calagary bay took about 1 1/2 hrs.
The coattage (Bulldog cottage) was right next to the beach, this is the view from the kitchen window:

on Saturday, we went to Tobermory/Balamory" and it was raining...
but we stopped in a cafe (Tobermory Chocolate) and i had a lovely hot chocolate.


Calgary bay again:


One day, we went for a walk (a very very long one! almost 10km) and we saw lots of waterfalls, and an abandoned village:


Another day, we went to an island called Ulva which is quite a large island off mull, with 20ish inhabitants. we saw at least 6 wild deer and pink footed geese.
we also had an amazing lunch of the best potted crab ever, lentil soup and yum home made bread. with hot chocolate and cake.
the ferry that took us over, as you can tell, was the peak of modern technology:

It was beautiful, if a little wet.

The next day, we went on a boat trip to Staffa and the Treshnish islands.
we saw puffins! (shit picture i know)


And Staffa was an amazing place, aparantly the "giants causeway" type rocks are much more impressive than the irish ones

and Staffa itself was a hit with the victorians because of the amazing rock formations.
around the Treshnish Islands, we saw seals!

and the sea looked almost tropical, because of the colour



on the holiday we also saw
natural arches

highland cows

lovely little harbours

a hermit crab

and (haha) sparrows.



and i found at least 25 of these:

which is a european cowrie shell and a piece of coral.

On the drive back, we stopped at a litlle cafe in a samll village, but they didn't take card, and the cash machine had run out of cash...
so we went to a scotish themed place, the decor was awful and the toilets had no water to flush or wash hands! i had vegetable "soup" which was basically veg-flavoured water with mushy carrots floating in it . YUK! haha.
then i was on the radio and then we arrived home.