Relaxing at the Dunnad hill fort near Kilmartin Glen in Argyll.

More relaxing at Dunnad, on the western edge of the fort.

Three scholars enjoy the break at Dunnad. It's good to be off the bus!

Looking down at the group from Dunnad hill fort, where Fergus, arriving from Ireland c. 500 A.D. founded the kingdom of Dalriada.  Here, kings of the Scots were crowned until Scots and Picts united under Kenneth MacAlpin in 843.  The 176-ft. high rocky knoll was once surrounded by water.

Waiting to board the ferry from Oban to Mull en route to Iona.

Early evening, Mull, awaiting the ferry back to Oban.

Interacting with the local wildlife en route to Mull across the Firth of Lorn.

View from the ferry between Oban and Mull.

Headed west, towards sunnier skies...

Three adventurers head for the beach on Iona where Vikings once landed.  At Iona, St. Columba arrived from Ireland to establish a monastery in 563.  Scottish royalty, including MacBeth, were buried near the Iona Abbey.

The Benedictine nunnery at Iona, founded in 1203 by Reginald Macdonald of Islay, Lord of the Isles.

Early evening on the Firth of Lorn.

View across the Sound of Iona toward Mull, site of key action in Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped.  Leftward lies Eilean nam Ban (Island of the Women).

A bracing dip in St. Ronan's Bay on the Sound of Iona.

Some of UC's finest await the ferry from Iona back to Mull.