Off at the crack this morning to join the ship, well 8:40 seemed like the crack of dawn after three weeks off. The bus driver had clearly taken time out from his Formula 1 career as we flew along up and down the hills, here's a hint it's best to get any reading over and done by Inverary, onward from there holding on takes priority due to the twisty road.
Raining stair rods in Oban when we arrived, it keeps the dust down apparently. Joined the ship on time and off we went back and forwards to Mull without much time to draw breath really. Some complicated loads with large trucks and buses to take back from Mull, there are a regular stream of tar trucks going back and forward each weighing 30 odd tons when full. Then the earlier drizzle and rain disappeared and the sun came out, which was great with the brown hills shining in the moisture. We are spending the night alongside in Craignure tonight, the reason being that there is no berth available in Oban due to all of the Cal Mac boats around this evening. Earlier in the day it was a bit of a traffic jam with three vessels arriving and departing at the same time.
7 round trips tomorrow, starting at 6:45 through to 19:45 back into Oban. This is the way it'll be from now on this summer.
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