Monday Morning Mull.

[Rossm]

Mull is a beautiful island. I stayed in a farmhouse some 60 years ago which had no electricity, hurricane lamps only, and fished Loch Frisa for brownies from a boat. Paradise - apart from the midges that is. Out on the loch was fine but when I rowed the boat in, I had to sprint for the farmhouse because they were relentless.

[Neils]

Mull is a beautiful island. I stayed in a farmhouse some 60 years ago which had no electricity, hurricane lamps only, and fished Loch Frisa for brownies from a boat. Paradise - apart from the midges that is. Out on the loch was fine but when I rowed the boat in, I had to sprint for the farmhouse because they were relentless.

Midges is why winter visits are best. Surprisingly good weather some times.

[Vespula Vulgaris]

Mull is a wonderful place.  I spent a fair bit of my teenage years on Iona, we had a family friend with a cottage there and so I used to get the night train up from Oxford in the holidays. The bus ride across Mull was always a highlight.

[Rossm]

My father's family came from Iona. I still have the green Iona stone which I found on the beach at Port na Curaich.

[Vespula Vulgaris]

My father's family came from Iona. I still have the green Iona stone which I found on the beach at Port na Curaich.

I used to sit on the rocks there looking for seals, there often were some.  Always seemed too cold to swim there, Port Ban always seemed warmer for some reason...

[Rossm]

I used to swim in Port Ban. It was definitely warmer There were seals there too.

[hookender]

Love it when threads go off on a tangent-well done Wonky!

[WonkyWasp]

Isn't it just great when that happens!  And  with such happy memories too.  (I went  N Wales to Porthmadoc/Borth y Gest ....  so beautiful)

[Shugs]

Some great places in Wales - Penmon Point (Anglesey) Elan Valley, Rhayader, Builth Wells. Happy memories.