Oban, Scotland...

Saturday, April 29. Anchored a mile off of Oban. Cloudy skies, no wind or rain. 11 C.

Home in 13 days.

The bad news is that Fellette finally came down with the cold. The good news is that mine appears to be basically gone, except for the odd coughing spell.

Fellette drugged and rugged herself up and went ashore in the tenders for a Walkabout in neat little Oban. A timeshare near here was our base camp for exploring the land and smaller islands here 24 years ago. Things don’t change much in places like this, our memory however has lost some of its crispness but it was lovely to see it again, likely for the last time as well.

Back on the ship, we grabbed a bit of a late lunch, Fellette slept for the bulk of the afternoon and I also chilled out and we skipped the dinning room where they served Haggis. 

A Tolerable Day In Lovely Oban…  

This Ferry Line has been running ships in the area for 160 years, 10 years longer than Holland America has been in business. Interesting.

Oban's Landmark, McCaigs Folly. An uncompleted Vanity Project by a wealthy local man about 125 years ago.

Love the colours.

Only in Britain would you get this neat zoning and contrast. Love it.

I suppose the town has slowed down in its Evolution since 1790.

How British…

Highland Coos by the hundreds here!

And, Getting ready for the Coronation next week.

And of course, All Things to do with Scottish Whisky!

The Isle of Iona can be visited from here in 50 minutes by Ferry, It is considered the birthplace of Christianity in Britain when St. Columba came here in 569 AD with 12 companions from Ireland. 

How do you like Dougie's new Cap?

The Countries we were scheduled to visit on this trip. Some we did not because of weather, refused entry, civil unrest, etc. Tomorrow is Ireland, Bahamas was scrubbed so you can see we are near the end of ports but 13 days to go.