Mull, 29th August 2009 - 5th September 2009
We had a week on the Isle of Mull, with Mum, based at Scoor House
I had trouble believing this...
Feral goats by Kilvickeon beach, 29th August 2009
Feral toddler on Kilvickeon beach
Coast-scrambling on Garbh Eilean, by Kilvickeon
The Lexx? At Knockvologan, 30th August 2009
Making a break for it
Freya and her nana, Knockvologan
Scrambling round from Knockvologan
Traigh a'Mhill
Bouldering wall
Going down with the ship?
Note: I have sine been sent this link, giving the probable story of this old boat - a lifeboat from the Arandora Star
A bit of weather on Beinn Talaidh, 31st August 2009
Scoor beach in the evening
Zombie chickens
Enjoying the views on Dun da Ghaoithe, 1st September 2009
Basalt columns between Dun da Ghaoithe and Sgurr Dearg
Fossils in sandstone, Gribun, 2nd September 2009
Fancy a hot chocolate? A spent puffball at Gribun
Large blue lobster at Fionnphort, 3rd September 2009
Snoozing on Iona
Some of the many varied types of pebble at St. Columba's Bay, Iona.
Top left - marble and serpentine (from Lewisian complex)
Top right - sandstone and conglomerate
Bottom right - flint (presumably originally from Cretaceous chalks, probably via Tertiary conglomerates); Ross of Mull granite
Bottom left - various pieces of Lewisian Gneiss
Middle - various igneous rocks, and some schist (Moine or Dalradian)
Iona marble quarry
Eating olives
Knackered!
Carsaig, 4th September 2009
Lunch, in the lee of a dyke
Brambles
Various fossils at Carsaig, including belemnites, gryphea, bivalves and an ammonite
Cliffs near Carsaig - fossiliferous sandstone at the base, columns in a sill or flow higher up, and various lava flows and sedimentary rocks at the top; a small diagonal fault cutting through
A shrimp in a rock pool
Look lively, now
The roof of Nun's cave. a dyke and fault runs through, presumably having provided the original weakness for the cave to erode into. The sloping white surface to the right of it is covered in slickensides
Heading back below the cliffs
Stump
Wheeeee!
Porridge for breakfast, 5th September 2009
Looking back to Scoor house on the way home
