Edibnurgh to Islay - Edinburgh and Islay
Edibnurgh to Islay
Tuesday 4th September 2007
Today we picked up a hire car in Edinburgh, and drove from there to Kennacraig, where we caught the ferry to Islay.
Edinburgh and Islay
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| 13:26:41 We made good progress on our run from Edinburgh, and didn't really stop anywhere of significance until Inverary - which turned out to be a nice little town with a few photo opportunities... | 13:43:19 ...back at the same spot a short while later, after buying a rain coat and some chips! | 13:43:23 I went for the frighteningly unhealthy (but rather tasty) cheese and chips. |
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| 14:53:53 Another stop off somewhere en route - possibly on or near the Kintyre peninsula...? | 14:54:04 Our car... | 15:47:54 We arrived at Kennacraig way too early, and so decided to continue on a bit further down the Kintyre peninsula to see what was there... but then we got nervous and decided to go no further than this point - about half way down. |
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| 15:48:52 There was a nice little beach here... | 15:49:04 ....which warranted a few pictures... | 15:49:11 ...etc... |
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| 15:49:25 | 16:18:20 ...back in the car, on the way back up to the ferry port now. A rare shot of me driving! | 17:15:32 The ferry port at Kennacraig - really not very much here - and most significantly no boat yet! |
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| 17:39:24 ...aha, here comes the boat... | 17:39:33 ...getting closer... | 17:41:18 ....and the front hatch (door? drawbridge?) is starting to open up to let the cars off.... |
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| 17:42:00 I found this all quite exciting! | 17:43:20 About ready to start unloading and loading up again then... | 17:58:59 ....and here we are on the ferry now. |
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| 17:59:13 It was all rather exciting at the time, and thus I took a lot of pictures which I am now going to really struggle to write comments for! | 18:17:13 So I shall probably give up... | 18:17:33 |
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| 18:19:50 | 18:19:59 | 18:21:38 |
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| 18:22:09 | 18:22:25 | 18:24:57 |
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| 18:43:46 Aha - dinner on board. I had been pre-warned about the food on this ferry, having recently been reading Iain Banks Raw Spirit. I have to say though in a strange way I rather enjoyed the experience. How can I put it - endearingly bad, perhaps? It had a hint of school dinners about it. | 18:52:27 Back out on deck again, and so yet more boat pictures which I'm going to find hard to comment on... | 18:55:42 A glimpse of one of the islands perhaps? |
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| 18:55:53 | 19:14:06 | 19:20:46 Another Caledonian MacBrayne passing in the other direction. |
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| 19:20:55 | 19:21:39 | 19:21:48 |
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| 19:21:50 | 19:30:33 Back to the canteen for a warming cup of tea - it was quite cold out on deck. | 19:30:44 |
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| 19:57:38 You really have to screw your eyes up to make it out here - but the little white blobs on the shore here are actually glimpses of distilleries! Possibly just Ardbeg here... | 19:58:19 | 20:01:16 ....and maybe Lagavulin here. As you can imagine this was a very exciting moment for me - despite the rather inclement weather! |
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| 20:03:48 | 20:25:08 A buoy, as we near Port Ellen. | 20:30:16 The harbour at Port Ellen, seen through the mist. |
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| 20:34:01 Waiting on the vehicle deck to drive out onto a very misty Islay... |
