Island hopping

On 15 October Oban was in sight again and a ferry trip to Tobermory on Mull was opportune. On the way to Mull from Oban we passed this beautiful lighthouse ,it takes your breath away its so beautiful .Behind is the island of Lismore.

We had a great view from the ferry of this castle on Mull, not sure what its called.

Tobermorey looks great , even when its dull and damp ! But there`s not much to do as there`s only one street and two or three shops. Its quite nice being forced to do nothing

On the 16 +17 Oct Iwas on a course called wind waves and tides .As you can see we didnt find much of it , but at least we found the sun .Our little group didnt like the look of three foot waves so we ended upgoing in circles practising paddlestrokes in the sheltered. Cuan Sound

Next day I took the ferry to Mull and Iona to see the Abbey .Being October I had assumed it would be very quiet , but no chance .Because of special holiday deals , five coachloads of people turned up on Iona together which was a bit much for a tiny Island .I was hoping to find some of the ancient atmosphere from the dawn of Christianity when Colomba first went there .It was surprising that there was a charge to get in the Abbey, surely Christianity is free ? So instead of going in I climbedthe hill for some fine views like this one