Evening was spent in the Mishnish Inn, a waterside pub where the whole community seemed to have gathered. The following day was an active one, renting ponies and trekking along a deserted coastline before renting mountain bikes in Craignure. The few cars coming the other way stopped politely to let us pass. Tobermory is the departure point for trips to see dolphins, basking shark and even whales, which come in close to the islands. Only a few days before, four bottlenose dolphins had been spotted outside the town, and the previous week a humpback whale was observed basking off the Isle of Skye.
Many beaches are of soft, white sand and lapped by clear water.
A selection of colour transparencies is available to illustrate this feature. The ferry to Oban passes Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull. Iona Abbey, cradle of Christianity in Scotland. NB Please send a copy of the article on publication.