Gometra harbour

This seems to be a favourite bolt hole if you are on passage around the west side of Mull, or having a rough time out at the Treshnish Islands. It was certainly crowded last time I was there. There are two anchorages on Gometra island – Gometra harbour here in the south, and Acarsaid Mor in the north, so good in all winds. You can walk between them along a farm track which makes a very pleasant stroll with stunning views from Mull to Iona to Treshnish to Coll - the Island which is connected to Ulva by a causeway. There is a smashing little beach at the head of the first bay west of Gometra harbour and before that a burial ground - Bail a Chlaidh, in which are buried three unidentified men of the British Merchant Navy from the second world war.

Gometra House is 18th century and seems to command a well organised farm with a lot of sheep and signposts to direct you around the place (tipped with light blue which makes one wonder if the owner is a Cambridge man). Apparently grain was once grown here for the monastery on Iona.

So not a lot to see and do, just a place to be.