Scottish anchorages

I am not too clear exactly where Port na Fraing refers to but you can certainly anchor off Traigh Ban nam Manach – the white strand of the monks – a spectacular beach. Wonderful jagged rocks by the shore, smoothly polished granite pebbles as big as cricket balls, fabulous white sand, startling green machair, and a backdrop of the cliffs and mountains of Mull. No wonder the Scottish colourists came to paint here, as indeed artists still do.

This is a place for a hot and peaceful afternoon, not for getting the shopping because it takes half an hour to walk in to the village. But not too far, without heavy bags, to visit the Abbey.