Iona – Hermit Cell and St Columba’s Bay
A round trip of 6.5 miles in 4 hours from the St Columba Hotel, on 25 June 2013.
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2a. Approaching …
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2b. … the Hermit Cell
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5a. Yellow Flag Iris
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5b
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5c
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6. A busy day on the path to St Columba’s Bay
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7a. It’s been a good year for buttercups and daisies all over the UK
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7b
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8b. Looking back to Camus Cuil an t-Saimh (Bay at the Back of the Ocean)
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8c. Loch Staoineig
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9. First sight of St Columba’s Bay …
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10a … and its famous beach …
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10b … of pebbles
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11 …
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12a … not to mention the lichen, …
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12b … wild flowers …
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12c …
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13 .. and dried snakes – or perhaps kelp.
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14. Wild Thyme
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15. Cotton Grass
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16. Return to Loch Staoineig
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17. Nearly back at Baile Mor, with the ferry to Mull
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18a. A good year for pretty grasses, too
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18b. Yet more buttercups
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19. The Nunnery
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20a
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20b. Nearly back, just in time for tea with scones, cream and jam.
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