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a trip to mull

8 posts & 5 voices | Started 9 months ago by trail_rat | Latest reply from Yetiman

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trail_rat - Member

sometimes you forget that you aint seen all of your own country and get caught up in globetrotting. Took a wee trip to the west - having only ever been to arran before there was alot more of the islands to be seen and what better way than by bike.

calgary bay

tobermory - HOW BUSY IS THIS PLACE !! jebus !

how clear is that water on the coast of iona !

gave the guys on the tandem a rest day from carrying all that weight - jebus that made the hills hard work !

fingals cave on staffa

very nice place by bike - would be rather a bore by car - youd be round it in a day ! its all about the sights and wild camping over there. woke up to lots of lovely views and went to sleep to amaizing west coast sunsets !

Posted 9 months ago #
wallace1492 - Member

Brilliant.... Its good in a Campervan too, get all the wild places. Calgary is excellent. It is indeed my favourite island.

Posted 9 months ago #
steviegil - Member

Great photos! I spend alot of time working on Mull and its a stunning place, but I would imagine its a fair old slog on a bike around the island as its not exactly flat nor small..so good effort

Posted 9 months ago #
jcromton - Member

You should have stopped in for a cuppa!

Great photos.

Chris

Posted 9 months ago #
trail_rat - Member

chris - would have given you a shout but we rode out of fortwilliam via lochaline and back via kilchoan.

Posted 9 months ago #
wallace1492 - Member

Done that route myself. Over to Lochaline from Strontian aint exactly flat either! Great photos..... hope the midges kept away.

Posted 9 months ago #
trail_rat - Member

nah its quite hilly but the quarter tonne tandem meant i got to lie in the sun on the big rock at the something for a while

cafe in strontian is good - good strong coffee , its quite hard to get a cup of coffee on mull.... calgary farmhouse did good and that was it - tobermory chocolate shop was gash and so was the pub at craignure - the coffee shop there looked good as it was insanely busy but we were drookit so wanted somewhere warm to sit !

Posted 9 months ago #
Yetiman - Member

Cheers trail rat, that's brought back some fantastic memories. I can't quite believe I was last there in 1985 (getting home in time to watch Live Aid)......where on earth does the time go

Posted 9 months ago #