So I’ve just returned from a week at my parent’s on the Isle of Mull, just off of Scotland’s west coast. I followed it up with a couple of days in Edinburgh which I’ll be posting about later this week. The days off were very much needed. Despite a last minute break I had between jobs (when I went to Berlin), this was my first proper chunk of time off since Chicago last September (I don’t understand how that’s been a year) and with moving 4 times (soon to be 5) since then, I was starting to get burnt out. I had a lot of time to myself so the trip took in cycling, running and walks from the house, as well as a trip to the picturesque Iona plus a heap of cooking and baking (go see my biscuits here). It was rounded off by a walk along cliffs (including a clamber down a rusty ladder) to see the remains of a fossil tree. I’m simply going to let the photos speak for the rest of the trip:
For more go check out my Flickr. And yes, I need to get my camera sorted and get rid of that mark.
Oh my word, it’s like a little piece of heaven. What a wonderful place to escape to. I thought I was bad having not had a holiday since March, I shan’t complain now!
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Isn’t it just? Yeah I love escaping up there. I’m back at Christmas and can’t wait. No break between now and then though.
Mike
There’s some really special stuff going on here.
Buckets & Spades
Thanks very much Matt!
These images bring back happy memories of a holiday we spent up on Mull. We didn’t get to visit Iona…it’s on our ‘must visit’ list. Your image of the sheep curled up on the track made us both laugh – for some reason the sheep always seemed cleaner than they do here in Yorkshire!!
Angela
Definitely go if you get yourself up there, Iona is lovely. It saddens me slightly that a lot of tourists do the opposite though and “day trip” to iona by coach and thus completely bypassing Mull apart from what they see of it from said coach. Haha yeah I felt the sheep were very Scotland.