.........northward from London

.........to oban

.........our waterfront hotel

.........seafood and drugs don't mix

.........we settle into a pub for the world cup final

.........but we get distracted by the sunset

.........definitely more entertaining than the world cup

.........up the hill

.........to mccaig's tower

.........the grande finale

.........next morning on the ferry to mull

.........escorted by dive-bombing seagulls

.........halfway up ben more we stop for some refreshment

.........curious locals

.........the final trudge to the top

.........at the summit, a tiny rainbow

.........kerry looks down on a cloud

.........munro bagged

.........we head back down

.........our home for the night

.........fine dining and lochside views

.........late summer light

.........magical highland cattle

.........ben more from the other side

.........the isle of staffa

.........and its famous rocks

.........the slippery path to fingal's cave

.........kerry in the cave

.........puffin-watching at the other end of the island

.........the boat drops us back at fionnphort

.........craig(nure)

.........with the weather taking a turn for the worse, we skip the camping for a night

.........lunch with a view of the ardnamurchan peninsula

.........ferny ardmore forest

.........windy pines

.........what's left of an old crofter's house

.........its lushly upholstered interior

.........tobermory

.........the ferry to ardnamurchan

.........up some more hills

.........ardnamurchan, the westernmost point on the british mainland

.........not a place where you run into a lot of people

.........sparkling sanna bay

.........soak up the atmosphere

.........end of another beautiful day

.........lunch in an old dining car in glen finnan

.........one last walk in the woods