Mulling it over (part 3): a heron @Bunessan

On our way to eat at the Argyll Arms Hotel in Bunessan (an enjoyable meal looking out over the bay as the light got steadily more interesting), we saw this heron just close to the road. Stopping very close to it, the bird seemed not at all concerned: it didn't move when I wound the window down and was able to take several photos before it flew off when CRM got out of the car. 

Had enough of the paparazzi ...

Mulling it over (part 2) – Bunessan on Saturday evening

Photos of Bunessan Bay (Loch Na Làhaich) and its village on Saturday evening:

 Ben More in the background shrouded in cloud 

 Bunessan village

 Rays of evening light on the water looking out to the west

(above and below)

Mulling it over .....

Across from Corran to Ardgour and its lighthouse

Today we headed across from a very wet Newtonmore to the Isle of Mull, where we will be spending the next week in self-catering accommodation at Bunessan.  We drove down passed Loch Laggan to Spean Bridge, onto Fort William and then took the short Corran ferry across Loch Linnie. From there to Stontian before heading over the hills to Lochaline and the ferry across to Mull. Once we got to Mull the showery weather ceased and the sun came out.

Some photos of our journey through some stunning scenery to to Bunessan: 

 The hills above Ardgour 

The Inn @Ardgour

Heading to Strontian 

Start of the single track road across the hills to Lochaline 

 Lochaline

The ferry to Mull

 Lochaline

 

 A ferry heading eastwards to Oban past the Isle of Mull

Across the Sound of Mull

 Across Mull to Bunessan through a largely wild and empty landscape

 Ben More – the highest point of Mull

(above and below)

 

 Bunessan – above and below