Leaving Oban.
Duart castle, famous location of many films etc
Arriving at Craignure
On the drive to Calgary beach, we came across these old boat hulls.
They almost looked like paintings.
We drove through Tobermory and carried on, as it was still early. We wanted to visit Calgary beach at the far north west end of Mull. The little B road was a delight to drive. I was quite getting into this type of driving -like going back in time!
After the pleasant drive, we reached Calgary beach. Remote and wonderfully deserted as we approached it.
We had our eyes on that headland.
Perfect day for it!
After exploring the main beach, we decided to walk to the headland we could see.This is looking back from halfway there.
This is the old boat pier. This small pier, constructed with stone from Iona was originally built to allow 'puffers' to deliver coal to the Mornish Estate and was also used to transport sheep to and from the Treshnish Isles for grazing.
The sky was gorgeous now, with high cumulus clouds and a deep blue hue. The sun was also really warm, and the walking pleasant.
We came across this old caravan - well past it's sell-by date!
We wondered what was responsible for the damage- weather or vandals (although it's hard to imagine vandals this far out)
Calgary beach video
Afterwards, our reward was an ice cream from the little beach cafe.
I love the decoration of all the old boat buffers - probably washed onto the beach by the tides. The ice cream was to DIE for 💓
So very like the Caribbean- except for the water temperature 😰
Gotta have a paddle though!
Just off the roadside between Calgary and Tobermory, we parked up to explore.
We noticed some standing stones, called The Stones of Kilmore, so stopped off to investigate. The Kilmore Standing Stones are at Dervaig, and were once hidden away in the forest but the trees have since been felled, so the stones are in plain sight now. We parked at the car park at the top of the hill, and the path to the stones is waymarked from here, just across the road. The row is just inside where the forest plantation used to be (you can see the stumps).
There are a set of 5 standing stones but only 2 of these remain standing, the other 3 are lying down. The upright stones are both approximately 2.5 metres high.
The cairn above the car park. The stones are across the other side of the road, beyond the car park, this side of the trees.
After our Calgary beach drive, we drove on to the pretty town of Tobermory. We're staying at a local hotel (very expensive) and going on to Staffa, but first - we had to find somewhere to eat!
These are the famous painted houses in Tobermory.
We decided to eat in a local pub - as EVERYWHERE was just SO busy!
I ordered a pie and, after quite a long wait, was served what looked like stew! I questioned it, and the barman went to the kitchen, only to return and tell me they'd run out of pie tops????
When is a pie not a pie?
When we awoke, the rain was clattering on the windows :-(
We arose early, as we had a long drive to get to Fionnphort, on the lower west tip of the island, for our ferry to Staffa. Visibility was virtually zero, and we held out little hope for the trip.
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