Having thoroughly enjoyed yesterday’s down day, we were in no rush to accomplish much today either …… so leisurely breakfast, and stroll across to the Mull Museum just after 10am. What a wonderful surprise we had, the Mull Museum is absolutely fabulous, plenty of history about the island & inhabitants, all carefully detailed and written up by hand …… amazingly it is also kept up to date with amendments, which for a voluntary organisation is quite exceptional……
After the museum we had a chance for a quick coffee, chocolate cake & hot chocolate, before the weekly ‘local produce’ market in Aros Hall opened at 12 ………not a lot there and what they did have was grossly overpriced ….. £15 for 2 Sirloin steaks (that were not that big) & £4.75 for a jar of home made jam or chutney!!!!! So, back to the trusty Co-op it was for all our fresh stuff for the boat.
After a spot of lunch, we then walked down to Aros Gardens & waterfall, a really great walk with views over the new & old harbours, the waterfalls were lovely too,
back to SW it showered and then went out for a great meal in the award winning Cafe Fish Restaurant. The food was absolutely stunning as was the wine, we then strolled back and put in a load of washing, as the machines were busy earlier in the day. Unfortunately the machines are available for everyone to use, including the local fishermen, tourists, locals etc etc ……. possibly why we got caught out a bit later with the tumble dryer …….. washing moved from machine to dryer, money inserted for 1hrs drying time, which has to now been more than long enough ……. Ruth goes back up after an hour, washing is warm, but still soaking wet ….. obviously someone removed our washing, dried theirs (using our money) and then put ours back in the dryer …… not very impressed!
We saw John & Jenny from Shaka on our way back, so they came across to SW for some cheese, biscuits & port, for a very pleasant interlude before bedtime after a very satisfying day!
Summer Wine Sailing 