Day 227: Mull of Kintyre to Bellochantuy – Neptune & Paps

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Argyllshire - South, Scotland

Dragonfly & lochan, Beinn na Lice, Kintyre, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.

The coast of County Antrim, Northern Island from Beinn na Lice, Kintyre, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.

The remains of a Lockheed Neptune MR.1 from No 36 Squadron based at Topcliffe in Yorkshire. Ìt crashed on Beinn na Lice on 10 October 1956, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.

Aisla Craig from near Beinn na Lice, Kintyre, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.

Abandoned sandcastle, Machrihanish Bay, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.

The Paps of Jura from Machrihanish Bay I, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.

The Paps of Jura from Machrihanish Bay II, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.

The Paps of Jura from Bellochantuy I, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.

Islay from Bellochantuy, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.

The Paps of Jura from Bellochantuy II, Argyll & Bute, Scotland.

Looking back towards County Antrim, Northern Ireland from Beinn na Lice, Kintyre.

Open moorland north of the Mull of Kintyre.

The remains of a Lockheed Neptune MR.1 near the Mull of Kintyre which crashed 1956.

A Lockheed Neptune MR.1

Delicious and abundant Bilberrys amongst the heather near Beinn na Lice.

Where there are no paths finding quad bike tracks are a good sign I won’t end up in a bog and that a decent track isn’t too far away.

happy to meet this charming section of the Kintyre Way after a pathless section from the Mull of Kintyre.

Another salubrious en suite.

 

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