Wednesday 9 May 2012

peace comes dropping slow

MONDAY - Six go island hopping . . . to Iona

Not a cloud in the sky or a breath of wind today.  Blue skies, turquoise waters and calm sparkly seas in the Sound of Iona.  People thought I was joking when I got to work today - but HONESTLY, the weather was just amazing.


Caught the ferry on foot from Fionnphort over to the tiny island of Iona, gannets diving all around us for fish and the sea bed clear as anything.




Beautiful little harbour village and check out the cute Post Office on the beach!


and five of you were lucky enough to get a postcard posted at this very moment - cos they were they only ones who's addresses I knew off by heart, having forgotten my address book!


We passed the old nunnery and the Primary School scarecrows and the Peter Rabbit allotments



Made the pilgrimage to John Smith's grave - very lovely and peaceful and glinting in the sun.  Loved the inscription.

and the view


Wrote my journal in the sun


Got some shots of the gargoyles in the Abbey cloisters



Then some of the ancient gravestones and celtic crosses in the Abbey museum






and the Abbey itself, with it's beautifully coloured local stones



and it's celtic crosses against Toledo blue skies



and dark mysterious interior




Then we took our picnic across to the northern tip of the island and the most amazing beaches - the pictures will have to speak for themselves as I know I can't do justice to the incredible colours, the rocks, pebbles, shells and the backdrop of the Hebredian islands all around us.


Just what I imagine tropical waters to look like  . . .










Fantastic patterns in the sand dunes too.



as well as Sea Campion (or so I am told) nestling in the rocks



This was the view as we ate our butties - wild, remote - could have stayed there forever





and not another soul in sight (thank goodness)


a final twin baa-ahhhhhh factor


and farewell to Iona it was



and next you'll have to read about how we went wild in Mull on Monday!!!  Just click here

2 comments:

  1. Absolutely stunning images! Remind me to show you how your photos come out on my new Samsung Galaxy Note (inadvertent product plug).

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  2. Thanks Belzoni! It was a stunning place so hard to go wrong really. Glad Ok on the phone, as I made some amendments to the phone version of the blog.

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