Bye Bye Oban, hello Balamory/Tobermory
05 July 2009 | Tobermory, Mull
Position 56 37.214N 006 04.007W
Sorry folks for the lack of blogs over the last few days............. For good reason - Not been on top form getting over this nasty infection (the drugs help though!) we also were storm bound for a couple of days on an island with 200 inhabitants for 2 days (no phone or internet connection)
Anyway we will try to catch up with the last few days of activity.... Firstly a big thanks to all of those leaving comments on the blog - it is great to know who is keeping tabs on us and tittering along with the trials and tribulations. On the day we departed from Oban we met the lively crew of Blue Moon from Northern Ireland, well the female contingent anyway (Sarah and Evelyn) Blue Moon is a large blue motor yacht that they have fitted out from scratch and is was based in Northern Ireland but was destined for the North Sea, via the Caledonian canal and Loch Ness. They are also keeping a blog and so we will keep tracks on each other's progress over the next few weeks and will call in on some recommended Northern Irish hot spots on the way back home.
We set sail on Sunday 5th for Tobermory and had a perfect sail only turning the key of the engine to negotiate our safe arrival onto the new visitors pontoon.............. Tobermory is a colourful, picture postcard little village which looks just the same as on TV, however they are definitely attempting to cash in on the Balamory connection with our mooring costing us £20 for the night and to our disgust they charged a whopping £0.20 to use the loo and then £2.00 for a shower, daylight robbery (At least Dick Turpin had the decency to wear a mask!) Needless to say that we voted with our feet and passed on the shower (haven't had a strip wash since I was a small child)