Road to the isles, 1st July, Lochbuie to Fionnphort
We camped next to the shore at Lochbuie and in the early hours I was woken by the light streaming through the van windows. A full moon was shining over the sea and so I pulled on some clothes to go out, take some pictures and discover that midges don't sleep! In the morning the sheep were wandering over the tide line picking over the seaweed. The next place on our itinerary was Fionnphort at the very south western tip of Mull. As we were at the end of a no through road this involved driving back towards Craignure and then across on the main road. We stopped in the little town of Bunessan to pick up some supplies before carrying on to Fionnphort, although we found the shop in Fionnphort actually had more stock. The beach at Fionnphort has wonderful pink granite rocks. The weather was clearing up, as well it might as this was the hottest day of the year back down in England. We thought about taking the ferry to Iona but, as we were about to go up and buy...