Time to Mull it over June 05 - 07
This was an ambitious trip for a week end. Two nights on the Ross of Mull including the circumnavigation of Iona. The double sea kayak that Kath and h have ordered had not arrived in time so we took three singles instead. Despite the seemingly ever constant wind these days we were not dissappointed. We caught the evening ferry from Oban. The weather was cold and windy. Once on Mull we had a thirty seven mile drive on single track roads before arriving at the camp site some time after midnight. When dawn broke the view from the tent was just stunning. Kath, the team photographer was in her element. It was too windy to paddle around Iona so we did the tourist bit first by paddling up the coast to Fionnphort. This is where the ferry leaves to take the tourists across The Sound of Iona. The wind was blowing force 4 -5 but we managed to rock hop our way along the coast before heading across the Sound to Iona arriving just after the ferry. We then changed into normal clothes and had a look a