Men in Yellow, 16th August

Men in Yellow, 16th August,
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An hour to kill before the last ferry of the day speeds us to the bright lights of Tobermory after the toughest day’s cycling of the trip. We left Skye this morning on the 8.50 ferry, arriving at Mallaig on the mainland at 9.15, just in time for breakfast at the Fishermen’s Mission, which turned out to be a poor substitute for the CalMac version. There was a display of black & white photographs of Mallaig fishermen, and in the bookshop I decide against buying The Life & Times of Saddam Hussein for 50p as a present for Liam, as I am certain he will not consider it worthy of panier-space. We leave Mallaig, I immediately get a flat tyre, lose Liam for half an hour before he notices, cross various nasty steep headlands, follow the banks of sea-lochs, have lunch at Fergie’s Bar, and finally arrive at Kilchoan at 5.00 pm, just misssing the 4.45 ferry. Our quest for tea or coffee ends in bitter disappointment, so we settle for Lucozade and a Magnum Double Caramel.

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