NO BEER, BUT THERE'S WHISKY!

In the last post, I promised you a good look at the rest of Oban, so here it is. First of all, a postcard view over the town.

A more modern postcard, showing McCaig's Folly looking down over Oban. More info on McCaig's Folly/Tower here.

There are good views from McCaig's Tower.

 Directly below is Oban Distillery.

Oban is still rail served. Here's the station in Caledonian Railway days.

Here's a pair of class 37 locos at Oban in 1982.

Modern traction in 1991.

Midland Scottish used to run the buses in Oban.

Midland Scottish became Oban & District.

Gaelicbus had the service to Fort William.

Fishing boats at the Railway Pier in Oban (photo in my collection, unknown photographer).

Caledonian MacBrayne runs the ferries into Oban and one is just arriving. This will take us to the Isle of Mull.

We disembark at Craignure and find the 10.25" gauge Isle of Mull Railway, since completely closed.

Nearby is Torosay Castle, no longer open to the public.

Just around the bay is another ancient pile, Duart Castle, seen from the sea..

We cross the Isle of Mull to the boarding point for a short ferry ride to another island - Iona.

Iona Abbey is known for its history of early Christianity in Great Britain. More info on Wikipedia.

Inside the abbey.

St Martin's Cross, Iona.

The ruins of the nunnery.

The uninhabited island of Staffa comes next on our itinery. 

It's famous for Fingal's Cave, the echoes within are said to have inspired Mendelsson to write his Hebrides Overture (Creative Commons License).

We now cruise around the Isle of Mull until we reach the capital, Tobermory.

The regular performer on this duty was MacBrayne's King George V (photo in my collection, unknown photographer).

Here's a view of Tobermory from one of the steamers.

Bus services in Tobermory were provided by Ian Morrison.

Our final view of this post is of the harbour at Tobermory.

We'll be leaving from here in the next post, heading back to the mainland. You can follow the route on this map.