Schedule:

Thursday May 15

Arrive Glasgow Airport, self-transport taxi to Ibis Hotel, Glasgow.
Meet participants and Scottish team.

Friday May 16

8.00am Depart hotel by people carrier to Oban. Spectacular drive
along Loch Lomond, through the Pass of Brander and by the Connell Bridge, stopping to view the dramatic tidal race (if running!)
12.00-13.30Lunch Oban
14.00Depart Oban Ferry
14.45Arrive Craignure Ferry Terminal, Isle of Mull
15.30 Arrive Park Lodge Hotel, Tobermory
Afternoon explore Tobermory

Saturday May 17 – Tuesday May 20 inclusive
Range of photography locations

• Calgary Beach and graveyard. Spectacular curved white sandy
  beach with nearby very ancient, very spooky graveyard. No walking.
  Close to hotel.
  
  
• Creag Mhor Head/Rubha na Moine/Gribun. Isolated and dramatic
  single track coast road with superb sea views and scary section
  beneath towering black cliffs. Unusual local houses. No walking.
  Could be combined with a walk to Mckinnon’s Cave (approx 1 mile) steeped in history below grand coastal cliffs.
  
  
• Shiaba Deserted Village and Uisken Coast. Remains of a primitive village abandoned 200 years ago during the Highland Clearances sited on a remote peninsular. Attractive and equally remote hamlet with rocky/sandy beach and sharp contrast with Calgary above. 1.5 mile walk to ruined village.
  
  
• Loch an Eilean/Glen More/Moy Castle/Lochbuie Standing Stones &
  Stone Circle. Glen More is a wild Scottish Glen under the shoulder of the mountain Ben More (over 3,000ft) and the Loch is also very wild (half mile rough walk). Lochbuie is a tiny Highland
  village with the ruins of Moy Castle (steeped in history) and some prehistoric standing stones/circles (vehicles can be driven here).
  
  
• Eas Fors Waterfall and Ulva Ferry. The waterfall close to the road and the coastal cliff is much photographed. The ferry (a rowing boat!) which takes pedestrians only to the tiny island of
  Ulva is exceptionally evocative as a very untidy fishing hamlet and boat repair yard. No walking.
  
  
• Carsaig/Carsaig Arches. The remote abandoned jetty at Carsaig has a forgotten feel to it, but gives great views along the craggy
  eastern coast. A tough but level 2 mile walk from here leads to the truly wonderful Carsaig Arches – giant rock bridges cut through the sea cliffs. A very wild place.
  
  
• Mingary Castle. This involves taking the tiny ferry from Tobermory to Acharacle north on the mainland. Mingary Castle is a spectacular ancient ruin on the coast. Bit of walking. Veryfew
  ferries each day – like 2!) Roughly half mile walk.
  
  
• Burg, the Piano and the Fossil Tree. A tough walk of around 2 miles each way but worth it. Burg is a huge cliffy headland in black basalt, with amazing intrusions of volcanic columns. One of these has been ‘flattened’ to look like the giant keys of a piano. Further on are the fossilised remains of a large tree caught in
  the lava. Site owned by the National Trust for Scotland and we would need their permission to drive reasonably close. Some parts
  of this cliff walk are not for the faint hearted
  
  
• Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse. About one and a half miles level walk from the hotel, but feels very remote. An automatic lighthouse roughly 200 years old with associated semi-derelict keeper’s cottage. Good views north to the mainland.
  
  
• Glen Forsa or Glen Cannal. Both are wild and remote with rough tracks leading up them. The latter has an ancient burial ground. Both are on private estates so I’d need to negotiate access which shouldn’t be too problematic.

During May at least 2 pairs of heavily guarded and very rare White Tailed Sea Eagles will be nesting on Mull. There are public viewing points which the party may be interested to see.

Wednesday May 21

9.00 Depart Hotel
10.55 Depart Craignure, Mull by ferry for Oban
11.41 Arrive Oban.Lunch, then drive back either by same route or a longer alternative but also very scenic
17.00 approx arrive Glasgow Ibis Hotel

Thursday May 22

Depart hotel by taxi for airport and depart Scotland.

Schedule:

Thursday May 15

Arrive Glasgow Airport, self-transport taxi to Ibis Hotel, Glasgow.
Meet participants and Scottish team.

Friday May 16

8.00am Depart hotel by people carrier to Oban. Spectacular drive
along Loch Lomond, through the Pass of Brander and by the Connell Bridge, stopping to view the dramatic tidal race (if running!)
12.00-13.30Lunch Oban
14.00Depart Oban Ferry
14.45Arrive Craignure Ferry Terminal, Isle of Mull
15.30 Arrive Park Lodge Hotel, Tobermory
Afternoon explore Tobermory

Saturday May 17 – Tuesday May 20 inclusive
Range of photography locations

• Calgary Beach and graveyard. Spectacular curved white sandy
  beach with nearby very ancient, very spooky graveyard. No walking.
  Close to hotel.
  
  
• Creag Mhor Head/Rubha na Moine/Gribun. Isolated and dramatic
  single track coast road with superb sea views and scary section
  beneath towering black cliffs. Unusual local houses. No walking.
  Could be combined with a walk to Mckinnon’s Cave (approx 1 mile) steeped in history below grand coastal cliffs.
  
  
• Shiaba Deserted Village and Uisken Coast. Remains of a primitive village abandoned 200 years ago during the Highland Clearances sited on a remote peninsular. Attractive and equally remote hamlet with rocky/sandy beach and sharp contrast with Calgary above. 1.5 mile walk to ruined village.
  
  
• Loch an Eilean/Glen More/Moy Castle/Lochbuie Standing Stones &
  Stone Circle. Glen More is a wild Scottish Glen under the shoulder of the mountain Ben More (over 3,000ft) and the Loch is also very wild (half mile rough walk). Lochbuie is a tiny Highland
  village with the ruins of Moy Castle (steeped in history) and some prehistoric standing stones/circles (vehicles can be driven here).
  
  
• Eas Fors Waterfall and Ulva Ferry. The waterfall close to the road and the coastal cliff is much photographed. The ferry (a rowing boat!) which takes pedestrians only to the tiny island of
  Ulva is exceptionally evocative as a very untidy fishing hamlet and boat repair yard. No walking.
  
  
• Carsaig/Carsaig Arches. The remote abandoned jetty at Carsaig has a forgotten feel to it, but gives great views along the craggy
  eastern coast. A tough but level 2 mile walk from here leads to the truly wonderful Carsaig Arches – giant rock bridges cut through the sea cliffs. A very wild place.
  
  
• Mingary Castle. This involves taking the tiny ferry from Tobermory to Acharacle north on the mainland. Mingary Castle is a spectacular ancient ruin on the coast. Bit of walking. Veryfew
  ferries each day – like 2!) Roughly half mile walk.
  
  
• Burg, the Piano and the Fossil Tree. A tough walk of around 2 miles each way but worth it. Burg is a huge cliffy headland in black basalt, with amazing intrusions of volcanic columns. One of these has been ‘flattened’ to look like the giant keys of a piano. Further on are the fossilised remains of a large tree caught in
  the lava. Site owned by the National Trust for Scotland and we would need their permission to drive reasonably close. Some parts
  of this cliff walk are not for the faint hearted
  
  
• Rubha nan Gall Lighthouse. About one and a half miles level walk from the hotel, but feels very remote. An automatic lighthouse roughly 200 years old with associated semi-derelict keeper’s cottage. Good views north to the mainland.
  
  
• Glen Forsa or Glen Cannal. Both are wild and remote with rough tracks leading up them. The latter has an ancient burial ground. Both are on private estates so I’d need to negotiate access which shouldn’t be too problematic.

During May at least 2 pairs of heavily guarded and very rare White Tailed Sea Eagles will be nesting on Mull. There are public viewing points which the party may be interested to see.

Wednesday May 21

9.00 Depart Hotel
10.55 Depart Craignure, Mull by ferry for Oban
11.41 Arrive Oban.Lunch, then drive back either by same route or a longer alternative but also very scenic
17.00 approx arrive Glasgow Ibis Hotel

Thursday May 22

Depart hotel by taxi for airport and depart Scotland.