Our second full day had us venturing off on a drive around the Isle of Mull. It was a grey, misty day, but that proved to be plenty atmospheric for photography.
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| Photographing the photographer |
We drove around to the western edge of the island and took a 10 minute ferry over to the even tinier Isle of Iona. Iona is famous for being the centre of monastic life for about 400 years in the Middle Ages. We visited the ruins of the Iona nunnery and walked around the re-built abby. We decided not to pay the entrance fee to the abbey as we have seen a ton of abbys at this point and didn't want to spend the time seeing a recreation of what was once there.
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| Iona Abbey |
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| Iona Abbey from the other side |
We did, however, spend quite a while walking in and around an 11th century chapel and graveyard. Rumor has it that the man who inspired Shakespear's MacBeth is buried in this graveyard.
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| 11th century chapel on Iona |
We hopped back on the ferry and made our way back to Mull. We were so glad we did as we spent the better part of the next 5 hours driving around the island - a drive that should only take 2 hours but we stopped to admire and photograph the beauty so many times. It was really, really breathtaking.
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| Western edge of Mull |
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| Mull |
The shot above was taken by my "real" camera. I thought the loch with the boat was so pretty, I wanted to post a photo onto Facebook. So I set my camera down, picked up my phone right as the sun peaked through the clouds and four sheep sauntered into frame and looked up at me. I truly think this shot below is one of my favorite photos I've ever taken.
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| Best. Shot. Ever! |
We just kept driving and stopping and photographing. There really weren't a lot of people on the roads, and no one milling about, it was like we had our own little slice of heaven every way we turned. Sigh.
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| Mull |
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| Sunset on Mull |
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| Sunset on Mull |
And that night we went back to Cafe Fish and had another amazing meal. We love the Isle of Mull!
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