Scottish Adventure - Part 1

We left home on the Thursday evening after work on our way from Cornwall to the Outer Hebrides.  Our first stop was overnight near Taunton.  We got away around 5.30am on the Friday morning and were at Loch Lomond by 5pm that evening.  We couldn't have asked for a better view from our pitch on the campsite right on the banks of the Loch.

Loch Lomond views:

In the morning the low cloud was hanging over the Loch

After a breakfast of egg on toast we then set off for Oban and spent the rest of the morning looking around the town.

We bought our Hopscotch ferry tickets.  Esmerelda even had her own ticket:

Esmerelda in the ferry queue

We then set sail for the Outer Hebrides and the island of Barra.  The journey was to take us almost 6 hours.  Various photos taken from the ferry until darkness fell.

BARRA

We arrived on Barra around 9pm and found our campsite.  We couldn't see very much from the light of our torches as it was pitch black and we were the only visitors to the site.  We could hear the sea though.  The following morning this is what we woke to:

We spent two days at the campsite and it was brilliant as we were the only visitors.  After our pancake breakfast we then took a walk into Castlebay which is the little town on Barra.

On the way we even passed a field with some emus in

Kisimul Castle after which I assume Castlebay is named.  Unfortunately the boat trips to the castle stop at the end of September.

After a lunch at the pub in Castlebay we made our way back to the campsite.  It was a lovely evening and we cooked and ate our meal outside with the basking seals on the rocks for company.

The following day we drove around Barra and visited the airport in the afternoon.  We watched an aeroplane land on the beach.

VATERSAY

We then drove over the causeway to the island of Vatersay.  We drove around this small island which had wonderful beaches and sadly the wreckage of an aeroplane from WW2.

We then drove back over the Causeway to Barra and caught another ferry to the island of Eriskay.  

ERISKAY

Eriskay is famous for being the location of the events portrayed in the film Whisky Galore.  As we were approaching Eriskay we saw the beach where Bonnie Prince Charlie set foot on Scottish soil.

To be continued…….