Iceland Cruise Monday July 3rd 2017 - Tobermory Page

Up earlier, as we were going into Tobermory but, as it was an anchor port, we moored some way out. It was dull at first but brightened up later, much to the delight of the native guide on the coach, as it had been awful recently. We had to go ashore by lifeboat, acting as a tender. I took the ‘usual’ photo & later, after the tour below, we went round the village, having lunch in the imposing church on the front, which has been satisfactorily repurposed as a café. In the museum, I photoed the broch model for a history talk & gave them £5 for the use. We walked to the very end & Avis walked back to the tender, while I walked up to the suburb overlooking the bay for the views, finding the old prison on the way down. Then, back to the ship.

Meanwhile, we had taken the coach to the 13thC Duart Castle, some distance to the South of Tobermory, guided by a local with a very posh accent, as she had been educated in 'Ennbra' & who was thick with the MacLeans, who own the Castle. We were briefed on the history, then we were left to wander all over it, except in their private quarters. It is on four stories, with splendid but hard-to-photo views from the battlements. It was rather poky inside, though.

There was a sailaway party, as it was so nice, after which we had a fast dinner in the Brigadoon, as we were due to sail past Fingal’s Cave at about 19:30, which we did. Strangely, we went past Ardnamurchan Point during dinner & turned South to go round Staffa to get to the cave, which is on the South-East point of Staffa.

Simon played "The Hebrides Overture" over the tannoy but it sounded terrible.