On the ferry out of Tobermory
I arrived at the point at about 5 p.m. just as the Visitor Centre was closing.
The lighthouse didn’t open until 11 the next day. Could I stay the night? Not really, but there was no-one to stop me and others were staying, they said. So I and a couple of other vehicles did. They didn’t bother to shut the museum, just the cafe and the lighthouse itself so we could mooch around at leisure. It was a lovely evening
Muck, Eigg and Rhum, from under the foghon
The compresser for the foghorn
A stunning evening.
Ardnamurchan Point is the (almost) most westerly part of mainland Britain. The most westerly point is just to the south of the lighthouse. So now I have done Dunnet Head (more northerly than John O’Groats, but been there too for belt and braces) as well as Lowestoft (east). Just need to do The Lizard in Cornwall which is further south than Land’s End.
The lighthouse is an Alan Stevenson one, RLS’s uncle. (Should RLS be on the check list?) Beautifully constructed in an “egyptian” style using granite from the Ross of Mull in 1849. It has not been manned for 15 years, but was taken over by a Trust 5 years ago and opened to the public. The nice chap who took me up the tower had been one of the lighthouse men and was keen to talk. QEII had visited in 1986 and they painted every inch of the place before she arrived. A lot of people go there to whale watch. None seen when I was there.
Back at the Kilchoan pier
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