Duart Castle Isle of Mull

From the map, it looked like it would be a short 15 minute ferry across from Oban to Mull, but it was a 45 minute ride. Still the scenery was lovely, despite the wind.
On board, raising money for their school was a bagpipes and drums high school band; providing us with some authentic and pleasant music during the trip.
A bus took us to …

Today we decided to sleep in and try to get rid of the jet lag. I slept from 7pm to about 7am and my dad went even longer sleeping from 5pm to 7am. We all feel relieved to have slept and showered.

We started our day by walking the streets of Tobermory and then taking a drive on Mull island to Calgary Bay Beach. The sand at Calgary was …

Today's main event was the MacLean Gathering at Duart Castle. On this day in 1912 they unveiled the renovated Duart Castle and had a MacLean gathering. Today marked the 100th anniversary of the rebuild/gathering and there were over 1,000 people here to celebrate today.

The Chief of the clan attended Sir Lachlan MacLean and he was here to …

Our day started with a Chief Lunch at Duart Castle. This was our last event of the MacLean Gathering and it featured a 3 course meal of smoked salmon, Haggis and mashed tatties, and trout. We had to leave a little early from this to get our ferry, but it was quite a meal. We sat with a nice couple from Southwest Scotland and they told us about …

Unfortunately the rain greeted us this morning and the forecast is not that good but we are sure that this will not dampen anyone's spirits. We both tucked into a huge bowl of porridge before getting ourselves ready for the long day ahead.

We were running a little late, and by the time we reached Duart Castle the great march of all the …

This morning we had planned to go to church for the Kirkin' o' the Tartan but somehow time ran away with us so we abandoned that idea and concentrated on getting ourselves up and ready in time for lunch! The weather had looked really promising first thing with blue skies and sunshine, but by the time we set off for our last visit to Duart Castle …

... look round a castle. We make several stops along the way for photographs and wind up at the castle late afternoon.   Duart Castle is relatively small and is easy to get round within about half an hour, so we do that and decide to take the route up ...

... to get some provisions and then made the 45 minute journey - through the countryside to the cottage. I am impressed with Mull already, waterfalls, valleys, woods and mountainous scenery.   Joan and Ian gave us a wonderful welcome when we ...

... off, to be especially opened for inspection exclusively for our group, so we spent the day cruising the waterways of Mull heading for Duart Castle, arriving about 5pm and although still showering the sea had abated. Duart Castle is the home of the Clan ...

... itself off from the rest of the Fletchers when they turned to Catholicism.  This afternoon was relaxation and sightseeing. Duart Castle the home of the MacLeans was first. It is built on a spectacular site jutting out into the sea with rock walls ...

... of porridge before getting ourselves ready for the long day ahead. We were running a little late, and by the time we reached Duart Castle the great march of all the clans people to the gates of the castle had just set off so we tagged on the end.  ...

... out what is islands and what is mainland, with tiers of blue grey hills and mountains receding into the distance in all directions. The Isle of Mull is very close to the Morven Hills, a mainland peninsula, and even now that I am here it feels more like ...

... Lachlan Maclean,  was in the castle and conducted the tour himself.  Duart Castle stands guard on the east coast of the Isle of Mull. The name Duart is derived from the Gaelic words "Dubh Ard" (black point). It stands on a crag at the end of ...

... the world. Everything was fantastic, except it was windy and misting all day long. Tonight in Tobermory it's beautiful, so you just take wins when you get them. Tomorrow we are off to Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye after a Clan Lunch at Duart Castle. ...

... to Tobermory to tow themselves in with their tender and outboard. Thursday 4 ========== Today we took a bus south to Duart castle. This is a genuine clan stronghold dating from the 11th cent and controlled by several clans until Jacobite times when the ...

... him to do this.  What a lovely chap. Bags secured in lockers at the station, we boarded the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry Isle of Mull to take us to Mull for our trip to Mull and Iona. The Hebridean Princess has arrived into Oban this morning.  A ...