Our favourite island, first visit was in 2016 with Derek Jarvis and never forgotten, the beautiful views, fabulous history and wonderful wildlife.
The harbour has a graffiti-covered rockface, originally the names of fishing boats and early traders from the Baltic’s but now the day trippers have taken up this task with gusto! So when we “landed” I took a picture of the most prominent (pictured) piece of graffiti only to be told the story behind this particular boat by the harbourmaster. Patrice was a WW2 navel vessel purchased by a retired navel officer, he took shelter with his wife and children during a very bad storm at canna. That night there was a persistent knock on the hull, it was Dr John Lorne Campbell who owned Canna, he had rowed out to the boat. His father was dying and he needed to urgently get to the mainland to see him. The boat owner was reluctant as it was a really bad storm and he had his wife and children on board, dr Campbell promised his wife would look after his family, he was desperate to see his father before he died. So that is exactly what happened. The family returned nearly every year since then and when their father died in ‘66 his sons still return to the island and refresh the paint, that is why it is still as clear as it was when they first started the tradition!.
We had a fabulous walk with stunning scenery and a fabulous treat, as we saw the chef from the cafe on the harbour front collect the catch of the day from the local fisherman - I had lobster 🤤