In short, Skye rather than Mull, any day. If it's raining, cross to the
other side of the island. Simple.
Piers
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From: Bob Whitmire [mailto:bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 27 March 2013 13:08
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) The Road Ahead
Got lost in all those pictures. Made me want to leave tomorrow. Except I
suppose there'd be a bit of snow to contend with in some locations. <g>
We're thinking about kicking back on Mull and/or Skye for about half the
time, so unless they're really boring places (Ha!) I don't think the ferry
travel would be much of an issue. Get on, stay a while, move along. Lewis is
beginning to look like a must-see as well, so we may just wind up using the
whole two weeks in the Hebrides and save other areas for other trips.
But then that geology farther north . . .
And the whisky.
Oh dear . . . <g>
Thanks so much for all the information. Closer to time I may be begging
secret info on routes to out of the way stones and such.
--Bob
On Mar 26, 2013, at 10:21 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> Bob, Mull is a delightful place, and Ledaig whisky is a very pleasant
> tipple. Mull also gives ready access to Iona with the early Christian
> Abbey, and Staff, with Fingal's cave (cue Mendelssohn!). But Mull is
> an island, connected to the mainland by ferries which severely limits
> your ability to travel around. Allow 1.5 hours for the ferry from
> Craignure to Oban (the other ferries either take longer, or go to
> places which are even more isolated than Mull!). The last ferry back
> to Mull leaves Oban at 6pm most days.
>
> The best neolithic-ish (Iron Age, not Stone Age) sites on the mainland
> are, to my mind, just south of Oban - Google Dunadd, there is plenty
> more nearby
> - and just south of Kyle of Lochalsh - Google Dun Telve, there are two
> more nearby . But for spectacle, you'll have to go over to Lewis to
> see Callanish standing stones (qv you know where). The photos do not
> do it justice, and a visit in May would be very moving. There's a
> broch similar to Dun Telve nearby (Dun Carloway). There is lots lots
> more all over the Highlands, but it helps to know where to look, as
> much of it is not on the main roads, and very little has any tourism
> infrastructure - you don't want gift shops, do you?
>
> The downside to Lewis is that it too is dependent on ferries - allow
> three hours from Ullapool to Stornoway, two sailing a day. Or fly from
Inverness.
>
> Island hopping could be a way to do it - take a look at
> http://www.calmac.co.uk for all the possibilities, but keep in mind
> that Skye is now connected by bridge, which makes it much easier (an
> easy day trip from here, for example).
>
> The best geology is further north, although much much older than
> neolithic - as I have just mentioned to AndrewF. And with evidence of
> neolithic human presence at Inchnadamph
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchnadamph it would seem to tick your
> boxes :-)
>
> I'll get some photos posted to give you a flavour (but the Callanish
> photos are 30+ years old, and not scanned, so you'll have to make do
> with http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=callanish
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