Colonsay school visit

Day starts with heaving Oban rain, despite the best waterproofs that
Mr Gore can provide, it seems to get through, perhaps it's by osmosis
through the soles of the feet?
We did a couple of trips over to Craignure and for the first time I
loaded the car deck through the bow door which requires a bit of
mirror image thinking. Heavy stuff, cars for the lifts, ambulances
etc. now have to go down the opposite side. There's more to loading
these vessels than meets the eye you know.
Lunchtime we loaded up with BT vans and various other vehicles for
Colonsay. On the return trip we had all the local kids on a trip to
Kingussie to go skiing?? They wanted to pay the bridge a visit, so I
was happy to oblige as we were passing the Garvellachs at the time
there was some close scenery to look at. Despite me telling them all
about our Safety Management System and the Cal Mac interpretation of
the ISM Code the kids seemed to be more interested in the windscreen
wipers and why the ship wouldn't go any faster. I guess at Primary
School age they haven't managed to appreciate the enjoyment of tidy
paperwork and slick administration.
Tomorrow we are back off to Coll and Tiree, early start but we get the
chance to cruise the Sound of Mull both ways, which is great. When we
get back to Oban at 3 we'll pick up the Mull service until the early
evening. Fabulous scenery today, the hills have a good coating of
snow contrasting against the brown heather, the Paps were looking
particularly good.