Ian : Our trip to the Isle of Mull! Mull is in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland.
This place has lived in my imagination for many years, since I first saw the old 1940's film 'I Know Where I'm Going'.
It was filmed on Mull and Colonsay Islands and used the town of Tobermory. The portrait it painted of Scottish people and landscape made me long to see Scotland. Also, for this trip we were hiring a CAR!! My first chance to drive since we left Melbourne! Yippeeee!

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These are somewhere between Loch Lomond and Inveraray

Above is the town of Inveraray and below is Inveraray Castle
(for some reason I just cant take those round turrets seriously - reminds me too much of DisneyLand castles)

Michael: Obviously the designer of Inveraray Castle (completed 1789) has slavishly copied his designs from Disney! I wonder if they know :/

A very old castle just before we turned left for Oban

Our ferry arrives for us to drive to the Isle of Mull

and on the way we glimpse Duart Castle (called Sorne Castle in the film)

Landing on dry ground, we get a better look at Duart Castle.

We head off down to try to find the most emotional site of the film -
called Moy Castle in the film and in real life too!

and on the way we went past this church - and noticed the name ...

Now , we get closer to Moy castle and my first look concerns me.

Six years of wanting to visit Scotland and see Moy castle and now it has scaffolding all over it!

This is what it did look like (photo from a Tobermory shop window)

We drive up the east coast and arrive at Tobermory and our B&B.

Michael: Tobermory is where the BBC Children's program Balamory is mostly filmed. I love the beautifully coloured buildings below.

Perched on top of a hill overlooking the Tobermory waterfront is the Western Isles hotel, a bit of Scottish grandeur used in the film.

Tobermory at night.

I think the Scottish tourist board artistically arrange these lovely fading old hulks just for the passing visitors.

Isle of Mull calendar on it's way ! only £7.99 !

We then set off around the south-west foot of the island and some of most stunning landscape
and sheep !

I could be laughing here, or I may have been in agony - having leaped onto a rock with the dodgy lower back I had that weekend.

Our luxury hire car - with low profile tyres - which are no good for pot-holed single lane country roads.
We got some wheel changing practice in!