The conference program for Wednesday, May 30 included free time from after lunch for the remainder of the day. This was particularly convenient as Lloyd had his presentation before lunch, so he did not need to any more spend time thinking about what he intended to say.
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| Car Ferry Lochaline to Mull |
We decided to take advantage of this block of spare time to make a trip on the car ferry to the Isle of Mull. Our original plan had been to drive down to the sounthernmost tip of the island to see the Isle of Iona, and then drive back to Tobermory (the capital) before returning to the ferry which comes into a small village called Fishnish.
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| Leaving Lochaline |
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| Arriving Fishnish |
Luckily, we had been warned that driving on the island was extremely slow, as the roads are only wide enough for one car. This was exactly the same sort of road that led into Ardtornish. We had driven 12 miles on it on Monday, and alhtough there are passing places, it is very tiring driving estimating whether one can get to the next passing place to give way to the oncoming traffic, or whether they are going to stop to allow us to come through.
The trip down to see the Isle of Iona (we would not have been able to actually go to the island as it was another car ferry and there would have not been sufficient time) was about 28 miles, so we quickly decided to just visit Tobermory.
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| The Sound of Mull |
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| Lloyd and the Sound of Mull |
The road took us along the side of the Sound of Mull, which was particularly pretty.
Even this trip took much longer than we expected, and in the end, just looking around the harbour at Tobermory took up all the time we had before needing to return to catch the second last ferry of the day. We didn't want to aim for the last ferry of the day in case things went wrong.
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| Tobermory Harbour |
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| Judi at Tobermory |
Tobermory is a very pretty harbour town, a little reminiscent of Cornwall. What was particularly striking was that all the shops and houses along the water were different (and very bright colours).
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| Tobermory |
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