Mull - Day 8

For our last full day on Mull we drove past Calgary Bay to the Treshnish Peninsula. We parked by the roadside and walked downhill to the coast.

Just as we reached the coast we saw a large bird that we are pretty sure was a sea eagle, though it was just a fleeting glimpse and we didn't get a photograph.

It was a lovely coastal walk, sometimes just at the level of the beach and rocks, at other time higher above the cliffs. We saw one seal.

Near the end of the coastal part is the Whisky Cave, where locals from the nearby village used to illicitly distil whisky for their own consumption. The stone base where the still used to be is still there. It was surprisingly long inside, at the back was a passage only about half a metre high but went back for at least 20 metres.

From there we went back over moorland, passing the ruined village.

We drove back to Calgary Bay for a walk, having a slight altercation with another car on the single track road on the way. At Calgary Bay there is an Art in Nature trail, but it was a bit dilapidated and had seen better days.

We drove back to Tobermory campsite, later having tuna pasta for dinner.