Tuesday 19 July 2011 – Sound of Ulva

Livingstone’s Cave (including archaeologist’s shed)

The night had started quietly but we were woken by stronger wind and so lost some sleep on anchor watch.  I went back to bed for some of the morning.  After lunch we took a look ashore and found it was a very pleasant island, with quite a variety of terrain including woodland which contained proper big trees, rather than bent coastal shrubs.

We found Livingstone’s Croft and also Livingstone’s cave.  David Livingstone’s Grandfather and father built the croft whilst living in the cave.  Nobody is living there at the moment, but archaeologists have been busy there but do not seem to have finished the job.

We also found a good example of columnar basalt (as on the Giant’s Causeway).  Unfortunately we did not have time to walk as far as Cragaig Bay – it would have been interesting to check out the anchorage.  There’s a proper tea shop here – however it closes at 5pm so we did not get any tea or scones.

Maybe tomorrow we might go to Coll. Forecast is OK at N-NW 4-5, which means another beat of course.

Information centre – furnished and staffed in the traditional way

Basalt Columns (+ small giant)