Weather forecast not too good and we wanted to take a look at Luing. Walked over the top of the island where there is an orientation plate on top of the trig point. This spot has a great view over the Firth of Lorne, but it was a bit grey and dull. However the visibility was good enough to find most of the islands shown. We took a look at the village of Cullipool, which like Easedale is full of tightly-packed slate-miners cottages. The slate mining stopped many years ago and all the houses are now modernised.
We bought a cup of coffee at the shop and continued round about half of the island. Like Seil and other nearby islands, this island is long and thin and is full of long and thin ridges, reflecting the extreme way the rocks have been folded. We saw lots of cows and calves as raising beef cattle is the main form of income. Climbed the North Dun near Ardinamir but did not find the South Dun. See
track of the walk.
Maybe tomorrow we will go to Loch Craignish which is not far but requires us to pass 2 tidal gates – the second half of Cuan Sound and the Dorus Mor.
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| Our quiet anchorage. Torsa behind. Seen from Luing |
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| View from the top looking W over Firth of Lorne |
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| The dun near Ardinamir |
