Farewell view

Another lamb, but not framed this time. This is the view from in front of the cottage, complete with some of our close neighbours cropping the obviously delicious grass.

We woke up to rain this morning. Well, it is Mull, after all. But it didn’t last long. It was pretty much over by the time we met up with Picturemull at Glengorm Castle cafe for a natter and a catch up, and definitely resolved into sunshine by the time we moved from there to the Glass Barn Cafe for lunch. I picked up a few takeaway essentials in the shop (cheese, Island Bakery biscuits, that sort of thing), to add to the two Land and Sea Boards we gobbled down.

Then it was down into Tobermory, where we parked up on Breadalbane Street, and walked down to the Co-op to pick up a couple of things we needed. Back up the hill - huffing and puffing - we took our allotted slot at An Tobar, to see Fangan (the Fank project). Fascinating stuff. Alongside, we viewed Eve Campbell’s linen hangings, and of course we bought one! We will have to wait a while before we get it and hang it, of course. Patience is good.

It’s been a sunny afternoon back on the farm, and it is only right and proper that we spend our last few hours here enjoying the view. Although the sun came out properly by about 3pm, it’s got clearer as the day has gone on. When I took this picture of Calliach Point, the Small Isles were not visible behind. They are now, at 2045. However, the light on the point is not as good, so I’m not going out to rephotograph it.

We’ve started the clean up and pack up process. I took the recycling and composting up to the shed, and ran around with the vacuum cleaner. The last bits will obviously have to wait for the morning. We want to make an early start. Our next door neighbours do too. They were packing their car this evening. Apparently they missed their ferry last year, so don’t want to risk that this year. We cannot get on a ferry to Oban as they are all ‘sold out’, so we are going across to Lochaline (which operates on a turn up and go basis), and we are then working our way around over the Corran Ferry. As we are not going home tomorrow, it is fine for us to do it that way. Otherwise, it would make for a long, but not impossibly long, day, as we could go home up Glen Coe and over Rannoch Moor.