We set off from Tobermory, past the RNLI Severn class lifeboat Elizabeth Fairlie Ramsay, to cross the Sound of Mull for the second time that day. We were bound for
Auliston Point, the NW tip of Morvern.
Rubha nan Gall lighthouse stands at the NW entrance to the Sound of Mull with the Ardnamurchan peninsula behind.
The lighthouse was built in 1857 by David and Thomas Stevenson. It flashes once every three seconds and was automated in 1960.
I hoped to camp at Auliston Point, perhaps on its summit where the breeze would keep the midges away.
The sun was now setting quickly, behind Ardnamurchan Point with the open sea behind.
We pressed on in the hope of getting the tents up in daylight.
However, after the creature comforts of Tobermory, David and Phil thought Auliston Point a somewhat barrenlooking place for gentlemen sea kayakers to camp at. We now left the Sound of Mull and paddled into Loch Sunart and the approaching night. They would soon learn the error of their ways....
