Sailed out of Tobermory at 12:00 with a SW force 4 to 5 - the wrong direction but had to move on. Beat over to Coll and thought about anchoring in their main harbour but considered it to be too exposed from the SW wind so tacked back to Mull. Wiggled our way past rocks and larger islands and sailed up the Sound of Ulva to anchor close to the Ulva Ferry (passenger only as no vehicules allowed on Ulva). Totally out of touch on phones etc but spied a red telephone box next to the Boathouse restaurant. We went ashore in a totally still, magic evening to find the telephone box was now a greenhouse for their tomatoes but the proprietor of the Boathouse, that was actually shut, kindly lent us his land line phone and we called Simon to inform him of our position. We rowed back to the boat to be accompanied by an inquisitive Seal.
The Boathouse.
The wind came up in the night and the following day was F5 to 7 so stayed put trying various ways of stopping the anchor chain snatching in the gusts. On the last evening we were delighted to see an otter scramble around the sea weed opposite the boat and then swim off. The next morning we sailed into the loch and I saw an eagle up high above the loch..
Saturday - sailed to Bunessan at the head of Loch Na Lathaich and anchored after rounding Staffa on the way.
Fingal's Cave
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