On Saturday we are going off to Iona for the weekend. Iona is a tiny island off the tip of a much bigger island called Mull. To get there, we have to drive up to the port of Oban , take the car ferry to Mull, drive another 30 miles and then take a 10-minute ferry to Iona. Visitors aren't allowed cars on the island so we leave our car on Mull. You can see from the photo that it is a tiny island. The hotel is right beside the ferry.
From Iona, you can get boat trips out to the legendary Fingal's Cave island which is made of black volcanic rock in hexagonal columns. There should be puffins nesting there at this time of year.
Many famous Scottish painters have been to Iona - this painting is by Cadell.
And this is an aerial photo of where we will be staying.
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