The weather has been off and on rain, as it almost always is here. We visited Iona on a very wet day and were not able to get to our second island stop of Staffa.

Here are the ruins of the Iona nunnery

and the Abbey.

On our last day on the Isle of Mull we decided to make another try to get to Staffa, an uninhabited island ringed with basalt columns. The weather held, and we were able to view this other worldly place, although it was still too rough for us to dock.

With some time to spare, we were told that we’d be able to get off on another small island and see seals, along with their pups, which were just a few months old. Beyond words, this.

Heading home