The Isle of Mull, off the west coast of Scotland and one of the islands of the Inner Hebridies, was Ross' idea. I said I wanted to go and see whales and dolphins and this is where he suggested. He was so right!
I had anticipated that the highlight of the trip would be whales and dolphins, but wildlife rarely plays by the rules and we saw no dolphins. We did see porpoises and whales, but they pop up when you are least expecting it and you end up not getting a photo. I do, however, have a great photo of a stretch of water where a porpoise had been half a second earlier!!!
In fact, the undoubted highlight of the trip - and one of my favourite ever wildlife experiences - was the puffins on Lunga Island. We were told on the boat that if we wanted to get close we should crawl on our hands and knees or on our bellies so as to avoid injury in the burrows and avoid damaging their nests. 'I'm not doing that!' I thought, but when I got up there and saw how close they were I was on my stomach in a jiffy, crawling to get close and look at the photos below! Wonderful.
In fact, Mull as a whole is gorgeous. The weather in Scotland can be questionable, but we were treated to sunshine and warm temperatures throughout and saw a wealth of wildlife, including sea otters, golden eagles, sea eagles, osprey, deer and more. I loved Mull so much that I will definitely be returning some day soon.
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