in the ferry queue at oban
view of oban from the ferry
lovely patterns in the water
think the gull may have got the ferry confused with a fishing boat, it followed us for quite some time
barra hostel
view from the front steps of the hostel
around barra and vatersay ...
st barr's church
this was a mosaic made completely from shells
kisimul castle
yes, the plane really does land on the beach!
a piece of the plane wreckage that forms part of the memorial in the previous pic
at the barra ferry terminal i saw the only otters i would see on our trip
despite living on lewis for a while, i'd never made it down south to any of the other islands so i was really glad to finally get here (especially after the five and half hour ferry journey from food-poisoning hell!).
i was amazed that all of the car drivers wave to each other as they pass - how lovely is that?! and one of the locals stopped me in the street for a blether one morning, regaling me with lots of funny tales. although it's a fairly small island there is quite a lot to see and do (especially in the summer), i would definitely recommend a visit.
3 comments:
2 years ago we did uist, harris and lewis, next time we do barra too! it looks amasing:)
We stopped at Oban on our way to the Isle of Arran but that was BC (before children) Think it might be time to go back - lovely photos x
hi riet, it was indeed amazing, you will love it :)
BC ... hee hee! you probably won't notice much of a difference in Oban! oh but it has a great chocolate shop - so many varieties of hot chocolate, and lovely handmade choccie goodies, i can recommend the chilli chocolate, the ... in fact probably the whole menu!
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