Mull and The Small Isles - UK Wayfarer Association

Lady's Rock. Whimbrel com- tle green slopes of Mull on the ArdtorrIsh k.use
pared to the other three boats one side, the towering dark & garden
is lightly laden and we are steep mountains of Morvern
much faster, as we approach on the other. We have no campsite
Lismore we can see the seals chance to make Tobermory.
basking and some very distinctive
overfalls - now the tide
Although there are anchorages
marked up the Sound they of- /
stream is pushing us fiercely fer little shelter for Wayfarers.
into the Sound of Mull. The
chart clearly marks these over-
The sun has gone and it is
cold. We turn into Loch Aline
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fails Last year on this same which is a delightful small
stretch of water but at neaps loch where there is a gap in
the water was quite flat, in a the mountains on the
breeze it could become a Morvern shore. In the en- Sound
pretty lively channel to sail trance the tide can be signifi- S
through. We jill around for the cant, also watch for the ferry
others to catch up. Meanwhile whichs docks at the village on
we watch Treacle Too swept the West side of the entrance.
sideway past the tip of Lis- The channel is buoyed and the
more as she is caught by the pilot talks of leading marks, to anchor comfortably. Stuart
tide rip - we had never seen but in a Wayfarer it is all picks out a nice patch of grass
her move so fast.
Into Aline Loh
Into Loch Ie
straight forward and the bottom
is clear when you are in
the shallows.
about halfway along the West
shore, it is nearly high water
and we all float our boats easliy
The wind which had gone You will find a few yachts an- onto it. Although there are a
flukey filled in on the nose up chored in the loch, there is few large stones we soon clear a
the Sound of Mull. F2/3. We good shelter from all direc- smooth path. A bit of rolling
tack to and fro, the more gen- tions and a Wayfarer could lie and the boats are secure out of
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