Once through the Sound of Iona we headed on for Staffa. If you don't know, Staffa is an island off Mull which has amazing rock formations and the famous Fingall's cave.
The island has a very square shape and looks like it is held up by columns. These are caused by a static lava flow - from the Mull volcanic centre - that cools and forms into hexagonal basalt columns (see, I was listening Mark!)
Mark did Geology at university and has been educating me during the trip.
Once we had motored around Staffa, we then pushed on to Tobermory.
I phoned ahead to check what time the chippy closed, and we reckoned that we could just make it. We turned the engine up to warp factor 10 ( which actually means 5 mph!) and stopped towing the dinghy (to reduce drag).
We made it to the Chip Van in time and also met up with Ju and Leah (my Sister in law and niece.)
It was great to catch up and amazing (to a townie) how they knew everyone that we passed.
Our visit was very milk oriented(!) which also demonstrated the community spirit here.
The first example was that Ju needed milk for tea, so popped round to a neighbour with a jug. When did that last happen in Altrincham!
The second was based on our need to use frozen milk in our cooler box. We bought the milk but Ju's freezer was full. So she called on another neighbour, who kindly offered to allow us to use hers.
I can certainly see the appeal of small community life.
It is raining today - first time for 2 weeks - so we will look around here then dawdle down to Oban.
Interesting rock formation in the background. How DO they do that? Re: sharing food - we did run out of olive oil one Christmas Day and went to the neighbour's to top up.
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