Iona 3, Dun I

Woke to a cloudier day today after yesterday's glorious sunshine. After breakfast we headed off to the Abbey for their communion service. Bread and wine for the first time since last March, the wine came in little individual glasses which is not our usual way, but still good to receive both elements at communion.
After church we headed off for Iona's mountain, Dun I (pronounced Dun Eee) , it's a very small mountain, measured in feet not metres, 331 to be precise! We met Cat, another friend, at the top we'd told her our plans so she'd gone up to wait for us. I love the idea of going up a hill to wait for friends. We had a lovely catch up and enjoyed the views in every direction. The blip is the pool of eternal youth, at the top. I'll also try to load a panorama of the view as an extra. You can see Staffa and the Treshnish Isles clearly, as well as Coll and Tiree and north to the Cuillins on Skye.
We went back down together then Cat headed off to Bishop's House and Gill and I went up to the North End of the island. It was getting a bit blowy by now, around 1pm, and lots of people were heading that way. We turned west to the White Strand of the Monks while most people turned east to the beaches on the North End.
We found a corner out of the wind and settled down to have the sandwiches we'd made for lunch. Replete, we headed back down to the village stopping in at the Iona Community bookshop on the way and then the Columba Hotel for a cup of tea in their lounge.
By the time we had finished the sun had come out again so we had a pleasant stroll back to the house. We are going to the St Columba for dinner later tonight for a treat, I'm looking forward to it. After that we are back to the Abbey in the evening for a service of quiet. It's such an atmospheric place, perfect for a quiet evening service.
I've put an extra in of John Smith's grave for Munroist. I still recall the day he died, I heard the news of his heart attack while driving my class in the school minibus. We were going for a trip on an adapted barge. By the time we had got off the barge a couple of hours later, he had died. We couldn't believe it. I think the whole country was in shock.
Keep safe and well everybody.
Thank you for all the stars and comments for my Iona pictures so far, it's such a lovely place.