Torbormory to Fionnphort

Well, we had quite a day.  I thought I'd booked us private rooms at the Torbormory hostel, but we were in a 5 bed dorm.  But then no one came, so we thought we would have it to ourselves.  No.  At midnight three Canadian women in their 40's rolled in from Oban.  They'd missed the ferry and had to take the one at ten.  They were lovely, but it was midnight.  OK, the sun hadn't really set.

They flew over to catch the Paul McCartney concert and were then off for three weeks around Scotland.  The one had been born in Oban.

We talked and laughed till one then all was quiet.

Had a great day looking at the shops, had fish and chips from a stall on the dock and caught the 4:00 bus to Fiannphort.  It is two hours from one wing of Mull to the other.

Well, our bus driver for the first leg was fabulous!  He gave a running commentary all the way down to the ferry port(forget the name).  I of course did not understand half of it because of his thick Scottish accent, but Carol translated. 

We made it just in time to catch the bus to FPt, and were reaqdy to leave when a teacher hopped on with her 28 high school kids who were staying at a converted abbey on the way to Fpt.

They sang all the way out.  Now, on Mull the roads are single lane..yes...narrow, one lane roads witth pullouts, and we were on a large bus.  Fantastic volcanic scenery.  Reminded me of the Rio Grande Valley in New Mexico.  Fabulous!  We saw Highland cattle and!!!!!!! a stag!  Yes!  Horns and all.  Cool.

We are in our B&B, ate our dinners we brought from Torb.  Oh!  We walked to the pub(about 100 people live in Fiannphort)for a pint and ran into 3 bike riders we'd met in the hostel the night before.  So.......we were there for more than one pint...in front of a coal fire, overlooking the Atlantic, at the end of the earth.

I will try to post pics tomorrow.

It is past 10 and the sun has not set.

This place is amazing.  Pictures do not do it justice.