Thursday
Up early, to catch the Mull ferry from Oban. (R) Passing the Eilean Musdile lighthouse.
Arriving at Craignure, Mull‘s main ferry port.
Pictures of the Mull coast taken from the tour bus. For a relatively modest island (400 square miles), Mull has a lot of coast (300 miles)!
The passenger ferry to the historic island of Iona runs from the tiny port of Fionnphort.
Crossing from Mull to Iona.
Arriving on Iona.
Ferry on the return to Fionnphort.
(L) Crossing over to the west coast of Iona (R).
The ruins of the Iona Nunnery, founded in 1203 and abandoned after the Reformation.
Iona Abbey, founded by St. Columba in 563.
(L) The cloisters. (R) Inside the abbey church. The abbey buildings are now the centre for the ecumenical Iona Community.
Looking back at the village of Iona on the return journey.
Cars boarding the ferry back to Oban.
Views of Oban harbour.
Docking at Oban ferry port.