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Road to the isles, 30th June, Grass Point to a hoax stone circle in Lochbuie

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We had had a conversation with the manager of the campsite in Craignure, who was extremely helpful and advised us that white tailed sea eagles could be seen at Grass Point, just south east of Craignure. So we though that this would be our first port of call in Mull. We drove towards Lochdon and tried to go down a small road leading to Gorsten. Unfortunately it was one of the very minor roads in Mull, where the trunk roads are single track, and we had to bottle out before we had got very far. Lochdon was a very pretty village and we stopped to take a couple of pictures before driving on to Grass Point, passing a family of Highland Cattle standing in the road. At Grass Point we walked up to a promontory on the cliff overlooking Loch Don. The eagles were soaring over the bay but were too far away to photograph, although  it was a privilege to see them and Alan was happy. There was life on the grassy promontory too and a lark put on a show for us. Here are