Jewels of Scotland: Magical Mull, Inspiring Iona
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- MAY 2023: Dougal, Ted, and I joined our friends Andi and Petra in their Bürstner Motorhome for a few relaxing days in the Isle of Mull.
We kick off with the ferry sailing from Oban to Craignure with Caledonian MacBrayne, or CalMac Ferries. calmac.co.uk/
We stay at Fidden Farm Campsite in Fionnphort: fiddenfarm.co.uk/
We decide on a couple of daytrips, the first of which to Iona where we take the ferry from Fionnphort to Iona. Iona is the place where St Columba brought Christianity to Scotland. Once in the island we take a nice walk before exploring Iona Abbey and then Iona Nunnery.
The next day we head to Ulva, but were surprised to find that there was no ferry on a Saturday, which is not mentioned on the website (you have to look on Facebook instead which is not convenient if you don't have a Facebook account.) www.ulva.scot/
If you ever visit Scotland, do take the time to visit the Isle of Mull.
00:00 - Arrival at Calmac Oban Ferry Terminal
00:15 - Crossing with CalMac from Oban to Craignure
02:37 - Driving in Mull: Craignure to Fionnphort
04:34 - Fidden Farm Campsite, Fionnphort
05:50 - Daytrip to Iona, Iona Abbey
11:40 - A drive around Mull, Waterfall, Tobermory
15:07 - Last evening at Fidden Farm Campsite, Fionnphort
All music is from the exceptional Scottish Musician Cameron MacKay: www.cameronmackay.co.uk/
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This is what TH-cam is for. A beautifully filmed and presented video. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Andrew, a million thank yous from a simple carpenter here in Central Virginia USA. My ancestors hail from the Isle of Mull, being a "McClain".
Now, into my 60's, I'm unsure if I'd ever make it onto the Isle, but something stirs as I watch these vids traveling about in a land far away. Very inviting and pastoral for sure. Each one I take in, I anticipate William Wallace coming up along one of the ridges, shaking his fist about in defiance of tyranny & roaring FREEDOM !
Interesting learning some ancient history concerning the start of Christianity there. I'm a (huge) Geo. MacDonald follower, his works, and these sights connect me to the landscapes described in his many works.
Very nicely done short stories, I'll look for others. Many blessings on your travels. 👍✌️
Hello there Andrew,
You just enjoy getting back closer to the family, and we'll all still be here awaiting the videos to keep rolling out whenever you can ok 👍
Cheers Bernie
Oh Andrew, thanks for taking us along!
Thanks for watching! Andrew.
What a jewel this video is. Andrew, you're such a wonderful human soul. Thank you for creating this beautiful video and sharing this brief moment in time with us. I laughed out loud when Ted was trapped momentarily by the water. How kind and wonderful Petra and your friends are. Such splendid humans, with such kind and loyal animals and a beautiful surrounding. 10/10 for the video, I cannot wait to return to Scotland, my peaceful favourite place.
So pleased you enjoyed it and thanks for your lovely comment. All the best, Andrew
If you're not sure about visiting, take some time to Mull it over. MULL IT OVER!!! OK, I'll get me coat.... ;-)
Thanks, Andrew. You gave us all a little holiday break with this. Petra clearly also one of the jewels, the way she naturally included you in the food/ full service, reminds me of the hospitality of times past. And wonderful to see Ted & co, him getting trapped by a wave momentarily and having fun playing [and sleeping].
I swear you do a far better job at promoting Scotland than @VistScotland. Mull is now on my must visit list. Thank you Andrew, a pleasure to watch your videos
Many thanks Malcolm. A pity they don't even acknowledge my presence, but I'm guessing it's the accent :-/
A lovely bit of escapism for me; thank you
I love Mull
Lovely video
I stayed in a croft in phinafort( not sure spelling is correct) for a couple of weeks, guy I stayed with would take me with him to do odd jobs on Iona, fixing fencing etc, I fell in love with the place and didn't want to go home, nothing better than going across to Iona with a pocket full of one Skinner's, enjoy your travels 👍
Fabulous!!!
A beautiful video Andrew, and great sound track! Thank you!
A beautifully clean and shiny caravan roof I see Andrew!! 👍🏻😍☺️ Have a great time!
Thanks guys!
Oh yes, this is why I subscribed all those years ago. Thanks Andrew!
Cheers Shaun!
Awww. Andrew what a lovey and tranquil weekend you and your boys had! Thanks so much for letting us share it. 💖😎🙂
Great video. We're visiting Mull in July so glad we stumbled upon your vid.
Thanks for the heads up about the Ulva ferry!
WOW. Real pretty!
Such a beautifully made video. I enjoyed every single millisecond! Great to see Ted and Dougal relaxed, and enjoying themselves! 😊❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching, Andrew.
Thx for sharing! :)
Enjoyed that Andrew thank you , we love Mull the campsite you stayed at was shut when we there but it looks an amazing location. Best wishes Helen and Martin
Fabukous video, thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Loved the footage of the abbey. Very well done
Another great video, thanks.
Thanks for watching, Andrew.
Stunning scenery!
I need to plan a trip there.
Only have oat 'milk' on my cereal and a wee drop milk with coffee. Another great video.
Smashing video, Andrew. I love to see happy dogs. I just checked on the blog when I was there. 26/27 May 2011. I always call Iona my island. 😄 ilona
Thanks Ilona! Sounds like it's high time for a repeat visit ;) Hope you're well, all the best from me and the pooches.
I am watcking in sourth korea. thanks for your brilliant works
Thanks for watching!
Hi Andrew, this was such a Beautiful Video all throughout & 1st Class Filming! I felt quite Emotional seeing inside the Church on the Island of Iona it was so Beautiful. Seeing Dougal & Ted laid out together Sleeping after a lovely Day Out just Melts the Heart! Loved every Minute! Thank You for Sharing, Sending Lots of Love to You,Dougal & Ted. 💖💖💖💜💜💜XXX
Glad you enjoyed it Susan! Thanks for watching, Andrew.
Great video. Such a lovely area. The ferry from Oban can get booked up in peak season so needs booking in advance from our limited experience.
Great video as always Andrew. Loved the scenery and all of the wee detail shots. That waterfall you found looked like it was worth the drive too.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching.
Oh my goodness, how beautiful! I had my first holiday on my own on Mull and went to visit Iona - such a magical place leaving me with lovely memories. I took my jack Russell dog with me and he was as shattered as your two! Thank you for your video x
Andrew, I just love going on adventures with you and the boys, it makes my day, thank you.
Thanks Andrew for another great video. And wow …. those views … just wow! And your boys look so happy ❤
Loved your new video Andrew, we visit the Ross of Mull every year. You’ve really captured the essence of the island.
Keep up the great work
Thanks for watching, Andrew.
Oh wow, Andrew, Fabulous, can't wait to get back to Mull. So lovely to see Dougal and Ted with their doggy friend playing on the beach, Ted still getting used to the tide 🌊😊. How cute that they sleep so close to each other. The campsite looks amazing
Thank you, and your friends ❤
Thanks for watching, Janet! Andrew.
A really lovely video Andrew. I don’t often comment although I watch most of your vlogs but wanted to thank you for sharing this trip, such a relaxing joy to watch. Your filming is superb.
Dougal and Ted are gorgeous. Best wishes to you and the doggies. X
Glad you enjoyed it Jacqueline! Thanks for watching, Andrew.
Hi Andrew, Dougal and Ted, thanks for a wonderful video. You were meant to see the waterfall and Tobermory. Did you buy any chocolate?, what a great choice.
You certainly live an enchanted life ❤.
Great video. I was over in Iona and Mull a fortnight ago and fell in love with both islands. I realise you had the dogs with you but I highly recommend a trip to the Isle of Staffa to see Fingal's cave and the puffins (in season.) Not great for dogs though.
How nice to have a break with close like-minded friends! Gorgeous scenery and camera work, Andrew! I enjoyed the glimpses of the west coast of Scotland.. I enjoyed a winter and many good times on the isle of Arran in the early 70’s.
Glad you enjoyed it, Linda! Thanks for watching, Andrew.
Loved this video, Andrew. The drone shots were amazing & great quality, too. I’d love to do this trip 👍
❤ it was a wonderful time with you an the boys …. Thank you Andrew
I wish you hadn't done this video Andrew. Our favourite peaceful places now get getting the full AD promotional treatment 😉 You're right about Fidden Farm. Great location but facilities are inadequate when busy like this. That said haven't most of the vans and caravans got their own facilities? A word for the seafood shack at the Fionnphort ferry terminal...just great 😋
Sorry! ;@) Yes, I used my own facilities at Fidden Farm, but for £12 a night I wasn't complaining.
That was a lovely wee break. I love travelling with you thru the magic of your camera. Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks for coming along!
A beautiful holiday with friends. Perfect.
Lovely to see the "Boys" cuddled up together 😊
Beautiful video, thoroughly enjoyed it, many thanks! We visit Mull every year. A truly magical island.
great video loved it wish I could be there. I look at Ted and Dougal and envy you. I lost my beautiful big girl Liebe last month. Pain, pain, pain. How I miss her. So now I say Mr. D, thanks from Sharon (only), on "The Rock", Newfoundland. Happy travels.
OH NO! I am so sorry to hear that Sharon. I can't begin to imagine... Big hugs.
Fantastic video Andrew, throughly enjoyed it.
Hi Andrew what a great video been there a couple of times and to that camp site it is amazing love the island thanks for the memories - dougle and ted look as though they really had fun there 😊
The video was great thank you. What a lovely part of the world to visit. The little ones seem to of had a great time.
Oh how beautiful, stunning ❤
Looks an amazing site. I’m excited to be sailing out of Oban next month, for the first time in years. 😊
Enjoy! :)
That made my day. An emotional one too. I used to stay on Iona at least once a month for years. Haven’t been in a while.
I’ve always liked that campsite though I’ve never stayed on it. If I ever persuade my partner to get a caravan that will be one of the first visits.
Hi Andrew lovely video as always, we travelled to Mull around 4 years ago and it was beautiful. Same campsite too stunning! You inspired us to go to the outer Hebrides twice in recent years in our van and we still think it is one of the most wonderful places on Earth. Lovely to see Dougal getting on so well with Ted. 😊 thank you
In the early ‘60’s, my father bought an old Manse on Mull, at Kinlochspelve, near Lochbuie in the South of the island. We had no electricity, Tilly lamps, and a well for water. No pier at Craignure then, a boat came out to collect you and any livestock coming ashore. Mull was, and is, still magical and very unspoilt.
Wow! Great story Vivien. Thanks for watching, Andrew.
Gosh those islands sure are beautiful. Thanks for taking us along 😀
My pleasure 😊
Thankyou for another great video Andrew... I know you hear it all the time but I'll be boring and just repeat it... all your videos are great, very informative and really well put together and the scenic ones you do are absolutely stunning... the filming is so creative and so skillfully done it's actually breathtaking... thankyou... by the way Ted is growing nicely 👍
NOT boring Dave, it's reassuring to hear, thank you! It does take a long time and it's nice to know it's appreciated.
Another fabulous video Andrew. We love Mull and Iona.
Thanks Lorna. Hope you're both doing well.
We were Scottish Island Camper Van virgins until we went to Mull some years ago. I wouldn't say that the roads deteriorate as you get further from the port, they just relax into typical single lane island roads with plenty of passing places with people who know how to use them.
The fish and chip van on the pier at Tobermory provided on of the best fish & chip suppers we've had anywhere. I think that the twice weekly 'pop up' chippy at Pierwall on Westray, Orkney is the only one to beat it but if you go there make sure you either order in advance or allow plenty of time as it seems that half of the population of the island get their dinner there on a Wednesday or Saturday evening.
Thanks for sharing this beautiful journey ❤️
Greetings from Germany
David
Glad you enjoyed it!
Lovely area. Thank you for sharing.
A friend sings a song about longing to be back in Iona which is originally in Gaelic. The version she sings includes translations. Now I've seen the lovely island that inspired the song.
Mull and Iona, what a magical combination. Mull for its stunning scenery and amazing wildlife, and Iona for its rich history - I am not in any way religious but on the few occasions I've been on Iona I really can sense "something" about the island - there is a serenity and feeling of relaxation that I can't fully explain. Thanks for a wonderful video Andrew
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching, Andrew.
Hari OM
As a MacLean, I heartily approve of this minibreak 😂It's been 40+ years since I was on Iona, time I returned... though it looks considerably more civilised than the chook hut accoms and crumbling walls that prevailed on that earlier visit. Definitly on of the many jewels in this Bonny Land's crown. YAM xx (who finally collected The Grey and even began on the insulating today - before it got too hot to do any work!!!)
Your first stop is a truly stunning location. It's really as good as it looks.
It really is!
Well that brought back wonderful memories of last September and the holiday to Mull, staying at Pennygowan. The trip to Iona and out to Staffa which was out of this world and beyond my wildest dreams. I think I would have to go a long way to top that. The sea was incredibly calm and serene. Later this year Orkney or Lewis and Harris beckons……
Dogal and Ted seem to have bonded well, even though I expect they have their moments.
Enjoy your travels
with kind wishes from York and from tomorrow Berwick upon Tweed xx 🐶🦴
Thanks Pamela!
Glad you enjoyed your break. It looks lovely - not for me, but it takes all sorts.
Ted is growing up to be a very bouncy dog.
Wow - what stunning scenery. I bet you were glad you weren't towing the Airstream on that road to the - glorious-looking, by the way - campsite, though! 😄Your videos always instil serious wanderlust in me and the drone footage in particular in this one is breath-taking. The day we finally get our own caravan can't come a day too soon.😊
Cheers Mr Le Cap! Hope you get your 'van soon.
Lovely video Andrew. If anybody's interested, bicycles can be taken to Iona and there is a campsite...tents only I'm afraid!
Merci beaucoup Andrew pour cette belle vidéo, on voyage avec toi et tes petits chiens 😊
A bientôt 🎉
Merci mon ami :)
Wonderful video Andrew. Outstanding capture of the scenic beauty - the Abbey was something else! Noticing the Jewels title - first of a series?
No series I'm afraid - but it sounds like a good idea to ponder, cheers!
Thanks for filming, I’ve always been curious about Mulll. It certainly seems to have passed the dog approval test 😀
Lovely. Cycled that route and checked out FF site last year with a view to staying. I also guess you won’t be interested in a coffee. I’m currently at Balranald.
...and I'm down at my Mum's in Kent! Bad timing :(
Our favourite place!
What a lovely, calming inspiring video Andrew! You are lucky living where you do! My mum went to Iona years ago, she often mentions it! She used to say, it begins with an 'O', but it was Iona that she meant, bless her! Brilliant you got to meet up with Andi & Petra, will see them again I presume in Dusseldorf?! Great to see the hairy coos! I look forward to seeing them again when I go! Everywhere you go up there is wonderful! Beautiful scenery, the beaches and the surrounding areas are so beautiful! Ted and Dougal are so loveable!! You are blessed! I presume that's not the end of your travels? Well you're off on them at the moment aren't you? Enjoy! Are you off to Tiree this year? I saw the line up, Skerryvore AND Tide lines! Plus Wet, Wet, Wet!! I look forward to seeing the Proclaimers, they're supposed to be excellent live! My brother in law's sister went to school with them! He comes from a village a few miles from where they hail from, Auchtermuchty in Fife! Enjoy the rest of your summer, enjoy Dusseldorf and anywhere else you are lucky enough to visit this year! Love and hugs xxx 😘🥰🐶🐕
I live in Auchtermuchty! Small world, isn’t it?
@@maggietaylor9475 My brother in law comes from Pitlessie, I know it's not far from there!
@@anneshirley1748 it’s about 6 miles from us!
@@maggietaylor9475 He joined the army when he was younger and met my sister, they now live in England. He still sees friends from up there, not long been on a trip up that way, went to Hadrian's wall and Dumfries & Galloway xx
Sadly I won't be going to TMF this year Anne :(
Looks lovely Andrew. Not sure how our 13 year old would cope without electric hookup! 😊
Nice informative episode Andrew. Campsite looks fairly full. Was it a weekend or holiday? Certainly on our bucket list. We recently done a 3 week tour of Scotland. Our stay on Harris and Lewis was one of the highlights.
It was Whitsun holiday weekend :) Thanks for watching, Andrew.
It seems that ferry service is having difficulties quite a few places. The Washington State ferries in the US are in severe difficulties, and the Alaskan Ferries are also having their challenges. Those are the ones closest to where I live.
Great video Andrew. The grub looks good too.
Did you have to buy coffee and cake for the pooches?
You'd think somebody would tell you about the ferries but I guess the locals already know and giggle at the tourists.
Went to a nunnery but there were nun. (Sorry) 😂😂😂
Thanks for that! ;)
Amazing video, is it possible to do a day trip from Oban to Iona?
Sure can. West Coast Tours in Oban or online on their webpage. Easier than taking your own car.
Interesting tidal current at 2:00?
Hi
We are going end of May in our caravan ,
How did you find being off grid ? Do you have solar panels for your van ?
Great video
Regards Ben
I drive an EV with Vehicle to Load - my car is basically a 220v 77kW/h powerbank! And there are chargers near the campsite. Enjoy your trip!
Hi just wondered can you walk from the campsite to the Iona ferry? Is there parking there for a small motorhome at the ferry?
Hi Shelley, there is paid parking by the pier, free parking 200 yards away, or you can walk the 1.5 miles each way if you are up for it. We drove ;)
Dear Andrew, thank you for the wonderful video. I have some questions about your trip. What time in the year do you recommend to visit Mull and Scotland in general if coming the long way from Germany? Are there enough possibilities to recharge the ev on those small islands and rural areas? And last is it a good idea to take the bicycle there to enjoy the country from the saddle? Greetings from Germany also to both of your boy’s.
Come in the summer best day of the year 🥃🏴
You cannot go wrong with May and June. There are plenty of EV chargers - do an internet search for 'Zap Map' in the UK. Thanks for watching, Andrew.
Can you take folding push bikes to iona Andrew, is it a good idea for that location and if you can, how much for pedestrian and bike ?
Yes, or even full-sized bikes Steve. Check out the CalMac website for up to date prices. Cheers!
Nice vlog….though sometimes I think you are taking P… out of some of it!
😂😂😂
I was there a few years ago. Did you stop for a pint in the Mishnish?
Sadly not a charaid. Hope you're ceart gu leòr.