Just got back from Oban and the Isle of Mull. We woke up at 6 am two days in a row to catch the earliest train out of Edinburgh and the earliest ferry out of Oban.
We caught the Isle of Mull's first bus ride of the day and asked our bus driver about a cheese factory we were dying to tour. He let us out in the middle of nowhere with nothing open and not a soul in sight.Then, along came the post man who told us the cheese factory was actually 20 minutes away and that our bus driver was a liar... we then had a very "Leap Year" experience trying to make our way through pastures and up and down muddy roads to the factory. There was no one there but a man tending to the calves and he let us in to see them. There was also a shop with a sign that said, "Sorry there is no one here to help you. Please help yourself to the cheese. Money goes in the box and change is in the rooster. Have a nice day."
We bought cheese, got our change and then went off to see the capitol city, Tobermory. The town in squished between a cliff and the bay and is one row wide. We stayed there for the sunrise and then the sunset(no longer very far apart). We never saw any puffins, but we did see eagles, herons, and three swimming seals.
The ferry ride back was a huge contrast to our day in the quiet fishing villages as there was a group of more than 40 rugby players dressed in wrestling garb on their way to a costume party in Glasgow.
What's a rooster?
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