Posted on 07/15/2020 1:25:31 PM PDT by V K Lee
Come aboard for a short trip around the beautiful Scottish Inner Hebridean islands of Iona, Lunga, Staffa and Mull, accompanied by some carefully chosen music! The islands are even more stunning when the sun shines, as it did in June 2019! We started in Oban on the mainland, got a ferry to Mull and then drove across the single track road to Fionnport for the ferry to Iona. This tiny island is the crucible of Christianity in Britain. You can walk to St. Columba's bay where the saint landed in the 6th century and visit the rebuilt abbey. After the day trippers have gone you have Iona all to yourself, with stunning sunsets on the West coast and beautiful walks and beaches. You can also sail from there on the ketch 'Birthe Marie'
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Thank you for sharing this much need peaceful time.
Enjoy!
Today's walk from: Croonedaway
presenting:Beautiful Iona, Lunga, Staffa & Mull
Summer
2019
‘That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Iona.’
“A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland” (1775) Samuel Johnson
(Quoted by CS Lewis in “The Abolition of Man”)
Play Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture while you take this walk.
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