Sunshine on the Island of Gigha
Comments (0) This was a place I had personally wanted to visit ever since I made a Songs of Praise for the BBC in Campbeltown. Part of the research for the programme had revealed that as an Island Gigha got more sun than anywhere else in the UK. But I was also intrigued by the fact that the Island is now owned by the people who live on it, and not subject to an absentee landlord like a lot of property in Scotland.
It did more than meet my expectation when I did finally visit it.
We had left Ardfern and were on a return trip to our base in Largs. The weather was very blowy and the waves were up by about 1 meter. By the time we arrived at Gigha all on board were ready for a short break. The island offered us great shelter from the south westerly that was blowing up a treat by now, around 6 -7 on the scale. So we picked up a mooring and went ashore.
It was fabulous. The sea water was crystal clear so that you could sea the bottom no problem and the food we got served when we went ashore was fantastic. We wandered around and it is a clean island … no rubbish on the roads and everyone was friendly.
A couple of hours was not enough however and soon we had to head back to the boat if we were going to get round the Mull safely. Thats another story however. If there is nothing else one does in life – a visit to Gigha is worth whatever it takes to get there.; I loved it.
Thanks all those who make Gigha a very special place to visit, and yes while there were storms all around us.. it was sunshine on Gigha.
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