Scotland Holiday
Monday 1st July 2019
Today we decided to go out to Kerrera island and walk round the coast. It was due to rain first thing in the morning but dry up by late morning.
On the way to the ferry we called via Oban lifeboat station so I could get a fag badge - unfortunately there was no one there so I couldn't get one!
We go to the ferry in good time and waited in the car as it was raining! As the ferry approached we pulled on out over trousers and anoraks and went to wait for the ferry. We were glad for the waterproofs as we would have got very wet!
When we got onto Kerrera we left the other passengers behind and headed off on our walk. Within an hour the rain had stopped but it was still windy and a bit chilly. We kept our waterproofs on for the time being.
We followed the track to one of the bays on the North sided of the island. From here we were supposed to follow a path round the coastline. Tim had a look in his bag for the instructions only to find he had all the pages except the one that described the first half of the walk! We followed some sheep tracks and made it up a bit!
We followed the coastline round to the West side of the island and visited a couple of little caves on the way. We stopped in a sheltered spot on one of the beaches for some lunch. Not long after lunch we found we were onto the page of instructions we had! About halfway round our walk the sun had come out and it had really warmed up enough to remove our waterproofs!
After a section of boggyness we were back on the track and heading to Gylen Castle and then the tea room. We stopped so Tim could have a cream tea!
We then completed the rest of the walk following the track back to the ferry. We didn't have to wait long for the ferry back to the car on the mainland.
Today we decided to go out to Kerrera island and walk round the coast. It was due to rain first thing in the morning but dry up by late morning.
On the way to the ferry we called via Oban lifeboat station so I could get a fag badge - unfortunately there was no one there so I couldn't get one!
We go to the ferry in good time and waited in the car as it was raining! As the ferry approached we pulled on out over trousers and anoraks and went to wait for the ferry. We were glad for the waterproofs as we would have got very wet!
When we got onto Kerrera we left the other passengers behind and headed off on our walk. Within an hour the rain had stopped but it was still windy and a bit chilly. We kept our waterproofs on for the time being.
We followed the track to one of the bays on the North sided of the island. From here we were supposed to follow a path round the coastline. Tim had a look in his bag for the instructions only to find he had all the pages except the one that described the first half of the walk! We followed some sheep tracks and made it up a bit!
We followed the coastline round to the West side of the island and visited a couple of little caves on the way. We stopped in a sheltered spot on one of the beaches for some lunch. Not long after lunch we found we were onto the page of instructions we had! About halfway round our walk the sun had come out and it had really warmed up enough to remove our waterproofs!
After a section of boggyness we were back on the track and heading to Gylen Castle and then the tea room. We stopped so Tim could have a cream tea!
We then completed the rest of the walk following the track back to the ferry. We didn't have to wait long for the ferry back to the car on the mainland.
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