09/10/2008 - 17.45 - Go North They Said

Hey, it's not that far really. 360 miles from North Wales to Mull in about 6.5 hours travelling and 7.5 hours in total. Visited Tesco at Carlisle and Glasgow to fill up with 99 Superunleaded and we seem to be doing about 24 mpg. However, no super at Tesco in Oban so Esso to the rescue.

The further north we got the worse the weather became - good sunshine to Carlisle, clouds to Glasgow then light rain to Oban. Heavy rain on Mull itsself.

Lunch on the shore of Loch Lomond where the view was limited by the clouds.

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We were in Oban way too early for the 18:00 ferry so we were into the wait queue for the 16:00. One cup of coffee later and we were on the earlier Isle of Mull Calmac ferry and smoothly over to Mull in 45 mins. Oh what joy - the sound of the twin 45s and straight through exhaust echoing around the inside of a ferry. :-) A Rover Mini, a couple of Evos and a Scooby on trailers joined us on board.

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The hotel is fine - like an enormous log cabin. Andy's made up - there's a Mk1 Escort rally car parked in front of the main entrance.