So this morning I woke up at 3:45am so that we could try and catch a boat tour on the other side of the country. We got off to a good start, by some miracle we found the car fairly easily and made it out of Edinburgh without trouble. I'm reading the directions and everything some to be going fairly smoothly, it even looks like well make it on time. The map suggests the amount of time each segment of the journey should make. It tells me 20 minutes, around 30 minutes in I mention to Sue that it seems to be taking a little too long, however after our ticket on day 1, sue says she doesn't want to take any chances and will only be going according to the posted speed limits she sees. When I realize its taken us WELL over an hour to complete a 20 minute drive, I'm pretty sure something isn't right. As we pull into the ferry terminal over an hour late, we're informed that the speed limit is not 30 or 40 MPH like Sue had been driving, but 60!
I will simply consider this another lesson learned and not resent the fact that I woke up before 4am!
The reason we drove a cross the country was to take the 3 isle tour of Mull, Io a and Staffa. So you have to take the ferry to Mull, the Mull bus to the other docks. To take the boat to Staffa, the boat again to Iona, the ferry back to Mull the bus back to the other ferry terminal and the ferry back to Oban. The experience is worth every second of the travel. Staffa is home to Fingal's Cave, which was one of the most breathtaking sights I've seen. You have to climb a cross Staff a to get to the cave, which was absolutely terrifying for me. I'm not a fan of heights, so to walk along a cliff with the ocean rushing beneath me has never been on my to do list (and it never will be again). I have never been so tense in my life. As you can see from the pictures it was totally worth it, but if I had to do it all over again I'll try the lazy way where the boat just drops you off in the cave.
I finally got my first real taste of Scotland today. For lunch I had Cornish pasty and for dinner real fish and chips, by far the best fish and chips I've ever had. To top it all off I closed dinner off with deep fried Haggis. The flavour is actually really nice its just the mental issue of not thinking about what you're eating. Sue has yet to try Scotland. In the fish and chip shop she ordered Hawaiian pizza. Who in their right mind goes into a fish and chip store facing the sea and orders pizza! I let her know how utterly disgusted I was. I'm still looking for my bangers and mash and steak pie.
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