Scotland part 1

We flew into Edinburgh, Scotland in the early evening and caught the airport link bus into the city and were dropped off right near train station, which was a short walk to our hostel, Edinburgh backpackers. Once we checked in, we walked to the supermarket across the road to buy some food to cook in the hostel. It was unfortunate as we were too tired to see the Fringe festival this night. In saying this, we had a poor night sleep as people in our dormitory room came and went all night with little respect for anyone else! 

The following day, we rushed and just made the 930am train to Glasgow. From Glasgow, we changed trains to continue on to Oban where we arrived mid afternoon. It was a scenic train trip, and yet again, we just made the ferry bound for Craignure on the island of Mull. It was a chilly but beautiful ferry ride to the island of Mull, and once we arrived, we hopped on the bus to Tobermory. It was a short stroll down the main street to our nice cosy air BNB, and we spent the afternoon strolling and browsing along the main street before cooking up a delicious Turkish eggs for dinner. The weather was unreal, so we also spent some time outside in the evening on the wharf admiring the views.

There was a fair racket the next morning as the chimney in the air BNB needed repairing and this was the only time the owner could fit it in. Therefore, we were up early and enjoyed a coffee on the harbours edge before the owner gave us a lift out to the Glengorm castle. We enjoyed another coffee and soup here at the castle cafe, as we waited for the rain to ease so we could walk around the castle and surrounding area. The rain didn’t ease and after a quick lap around the castle, we stopped to see if we could have a look inside. The lovely lady who worked here not only offered us tea, but gave us a quick tour of the bottom castle floor which had great views over the ocean and rolling green hills.

After the quick tour, it was back out into the pouring rain and we headed back to Tobermory via the forestry trail. It was about a 10km walk, and by the time we were back on the main road, we were absolutely drenched. The lovely lady from the castle was so kind and stopped on her trip back into town to give us a lift even though we were soaked. Once back in Tobermory, we showered and warmed up before having an ice cream across the road and settling in to an afternoon and evening in doors. After another delicious Turkish eggs for dinner, the weather cleared and we had a little stroll along the harbours edge.

On our last day in Tobermory, we said goodbye to air BNB owner and walked to a nearby lighthouse. The return walk took around 1 hour all up and after saying a final goodbye to the air BNB’s flat mate, we caught the 1215pm bus from Tobermory to Craignure and from here, the 130pm ferry to Oban.

We had an hour to kill in Oban before our 330pm bus to Ardfern, so we strolled and browsed the main street before leaving.