Mull

The view of the Isle of Mull from Connel Bridge (zoom lens). This was a week when it stayed cold with winds and snow showers from the north-west. As often happens in these conditions the snowfalls stayed mainly to the west of Loch Linnhe and we had very little on the eastern shores of the loch.
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After a few mild days its got colder and there was snow on Ben Cruachan above the two thousand foot mark today. Picture taken as I was stopped at roadworks on the way home from Oban.
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Historic Pix No.2

Historic comparisons. The view south down the main road out of Benderloch in the early 1900s, and the same view in 2006.

The house on the left was the store and Post Office - notice the doorway is now a window. The building in the distance is the "old" Campbell Memorial Hall which is now a house.

The Hall was built in memory of John Campbell "The Ledaig Bard", a famous teacher/pastor/poet/postman who held a weekly Sunday school in a cave above the sea shore.In late 2005 the road, now the A828 trunk road, was widened and resurfaced.
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Lismore Ferry

Sorting through a few pictures on this cold January evening, I came across this view of the Lismore to Port Appin passenger ferry taken last summer. The boat is being piloted by my friend Allan, who had spotted me plus camera/tripod and positioned his berthing perfectly! Its a short crossing, about five minutes from the north end of the island to the mainland a few miles north of us. There's a car ferry which connects Lismore with Oban from further south down the island.
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