Oban via Coll to Tiree, Scottish Photographs

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Scottish Photographs > Other Collections > Crossing from Oban to Tiree

Check out Trip to Tiree Page 2 for more photographs	Tobermory ('Balamory'), Isle of Mull September 2007	Lighthouse, Lismore February 2009
	Oban August 2004	Duart Castle & Mull Ferry August 2004
	Sun rising on distant Ben Nevis March 2005	Leaving the Isle of Coll April 2005
	Sunset over stern ramp Thursday late voyage to Oban - May 2005	Sunset May 2005
	Ardnamurchan from MV Lord of the Isles August 2005	Ardnamurchan August 2005
	Evening sun over Isle of Coll August 2005	Rescue craft drill January 2006

The car ferry to and from the Isle of Tiree and mainland Scotland operates out of Oban and usually calls in at the Isle of Coll en route. Daily in the summer and 3 or 4 days a week in the winter. Weather in winter does stop the ferry travelling and occassionally it does manage to reach the islands but is then unable to dock due to rough seas.

Much of the 4 hour journey is via the sheltered Sound of Mull - the channel between the Isle of Mull and the Scottish mainland. From Oban the ferry passes Lismore, across the foot of Loch Linnhe with Ben Nevis far to the north, Lochaline, Tobermory (Balamory) and Ardnamurchan with its lighthouse. Ardnamurchan is, of course, famous for being the most westerly point of not only Scotland but also of mainland Britain.

Then the ferry sails out into more open waters to Arinagour on the Isle of Coll and a further hour down to Gott Bay, on the Isle of Tiree. In winter months this latter part of the crossing can be a bit rough!

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