Thursday 9th August - Trip to Edinburgh - Ferry & Road including "The Vital Spark"

Thursday 9th August

A cool cloudy morning and then a beautiful sunny afternoon

Trip to Edinburgh - 

Ferry and Road 

including 

"The Vital Spark"

We set off at 8:30 down to the Port Ellen wharf to wait for the ferry "The Hebridean Isles" Amazing to watch this huge ferry come in towards the landing, do a 180 degree turn almost on the spot and then back in!

Once on board we were able to wander round:

After two hours we could see Kennacraig coming up:

Once off the ferry we headed for Glasgow, but stopped for lunch at a nice little cafe in Ardrishaig called the Rumbling Tum:

As we went through Inverary I remembered Google telling me that The Vital Spark of Para Handy fame was undergoing refurbishment there and sure enough there she was: