Iona

The courtyard

A leisurely day looking round the Abbey and the heritage centre. We bought some substantial tofu and kimchi sandwiches, cake and drinks from the St. Columba larder which we could eat in the lounge of the St. Columba hotel opposite.

Then we toured the village and walked along the beach, distinguished by rock outcrops and shells. We failed to replace my gear cable as our spare was thicker than the broken one, we thought all gear cables were the same. So I’ll have to continue with only two gears, in practice only one as there’s little need for the big chainring on such a tour. We bought food for dinner at the Spar and walked to the end of the road past the pods and down a path to another beach.

Then it was time to cook and battle with the very poor shower.

Ferry back to Mull