Saturday, 16 July 2011

Saturday 16 July 2011 – Bunessan

Wet overnight and early in the morning. Forecast very gloomy as there is a big low over us.  Our neighbours soon left. Went ashore for more shopping etc.  After lunch we took a walk over the hill to the S coast of Mull – in warm sunshine in spite of the forecast.  Found mobile phone signal about 1.5 miles away – only problem was that Richard was attending a wedding with his phone switched off, so could not do much anyway.  We even had a swim – first of the season. Rather cold.  Follow the track of the walk on Google Maps.

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The impressive Ardmeanach peninsula
In the evening the forecast continued poor so not sure if we will go anywhere tomorrow.  As the wind had gone round to NW our anchorage became a little uncomfortable, with the prospect of getting much worse overnight, so we moved to the other arm of the Loch (the SW corner) which appears to be more sheltered at present.
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mini-tornado forming under the cloud
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Beach on S of Ross of Mull
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Don’t mess with me!
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Ardmeanach Peninsula with evening cloud