Mull - Day 5

We went to the island of Ulva today. First we drove to the ferry pier and parked in its car park. We then went down to the tiny ferry and made the 2 minute journey across the water.

From there we walked along a muddy track to a bothy in the southern part of the island. It was wet to start with, but later cleared up and was quite sunny. Once we got to the quieter part of the island we saw what we were sure was golden eagles, but they were too far away to photograph.

We also saw and heard some seals on a small offshore island, one of them looked like a baby.

At the bothy we stopped for lunch and watched for otters in the bay, but didn't see any.

There were many ruined villages around, relics of the highland clearances.

We walked round the coast on the way back, past Livingstone's cave, said to have been used by David Livingstone as a child. His family's ancestral home was here.

At the coast were some basalt columns, similar to those on Staffa

We walked up past the church, and on to Starvation Bay in the north.

We returned to the ferry and caught it back to the mainland of Mull.

We drove on to the village of Salen, where we bought some provisions in the Spar, then booked in to the Salen Bay campsite.

Later we had pork chilli and rice for dinner.