Wednesday 28th June

Still on Mull

After watching the most amazing sunset from the van, we noticed just rising in the North West, the thin sliver of the two day old crescent Moon. She rose just above the horizon amid the pink glow of the set Sun. Then she was gone, less than three quarters of an hour later.
Along our journey, we have been honouring the Sun, beginning at the Solstice. Now we are joined by the Moon and will watch her rise earlier each night until she reaches the full Moon in two weeks time – the culmination of our journey and watching the major Lunar Standstill at Callanish.

Staffa and Iona

The trip to Staffa was windy but still sunny! We bounced our way over on a small wooden boat full of cheery people and our skipper. Approaching Staffa was awe-inspiring.

On arriving, we went in search of puffins and very soon we were engulfed by dozens of the friendly little ‘clowns of the sky’.

They flew in and sat next to us on the cliff side. Puffins, apparently, like us humans and cannot land on the shore easily unless we are there as the seagulls will eat them without our protection. It was amazing to be so close to them and strangely, a number of people commented that it was quite emotional.

After this we walked round to Fingal’s cave and we experienced the penetration of the sea into the cave. WOW!

After an even more bouncy and now wet ride back where we saw a seal basking on the rocks, we sailed off to Iona and walked along the sea shore and up into the hills. It was extremely beautiful and we absorbed the serene energy of the island. By now we were quite exhausted after over a week of being on the go. We visited the nunnery which was lovely and built with beautiful pink stone.

Then we walked over to the abbey and then returned to Mull and Finne farm campsite where we spent the night just looking at the view and resting. We were mesmorised by the magic of the island and spent hours just looking at the view of the sea and Iona. What a special place. Mind blowing. It doesn’t seem to matter what the weather does, it is still absolutely gorgeous and so calming.

Thank you for this memorable experience.