For One Night Only

There’s Loch a Phuil, Loch Bhasapoll, Loch an Eilein, Loch a Chlair and Loch Riaghain.
There are several more small lochs and lochens on the Isle of Tiree.
This evening, for 1 night only, there is also Loch Alainn.

Loch Alainn coming alongside the pier at Scarinish

This evening this Loch Class ferry crossed over from Barra to Tiree.
(She normally sails between the isles of Barra and Eriskay)
En route she came through the Gunna Sound.

Loch Alainn with the snow capped peaks of Mull for a backdrop

Tomorrow morning, around 8:00am she heads south from Tiree.
The understanding is that she is en route for her annual overhaul.
Her movements can be followed on Marine Traffic.
This evening she is shown berthed at Tiree.

The sun setting from Kirkapol alongside Gott Bay

She came through the Gunna Sound as the sun was setting in the west.
It is most unusual for a Loch Class vessel to come into Tiree.
There is a good reason – we have a pier and not a slipway.

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Ben More for a backdrop

The pier awaits its unusual visitor

Loch Aiainn arriving alongside the pier

It was interesting watching this diminutive vessel pass in front of Ben More.
By the time she entered the calm waters of Gott Bay the sun had set.
Both sky and sea were transfigured.

All hands on deck

The Bridge and Skipper

What a day it has been for the unusual.
Here in Scarinish the car windows were frozen.
It is not a common event for Tiree to experience a firost
However, this morning white sheep were grazing in white fields.