mull

i am on the isle of mull, one of the inner hebrides off the west coast of scotland. it is beautiful and i've been incredibly lucky with the weather. where i'm staying is the ferry port for ferries to iona. spent a day there a few days ago and had a great time. walked a fair bit round the island (it's small) and then meditated in the nunnery which unlike the more famous nearby abbey is a ruin. the abbey has been restored and maintained through the centuries while the nunnery has been allowed to fall to ruin. why doesn't that surprise me?

i've been on a couple of wildlife tours -- on on a boat rount the isles and another inland. seen sea eagles - one a mother feeding her chick in the nest, a golden eagle, puffins by the score (they are just finished hatching so saw them on the water and on land, deer, otters, seals and a load more things. no whales out that day,nor dolphins but a wee porpoise.