Transport

The area of the West Coast we are dealing with is surprsingly well connected to the rest of the UK, and beyond. Trains from the south arrive in Oban and Fort William, and from Oban there are Caledonian MacBrayne ferries to Mull, Lismore, Col, Tiree, and Colonsay (as well as the Outer Hebrides). There are other ferries, not all CalMac, from the mainland to Gigha, Islay, Jura, Kererra and Lismore, and between Islay and Jura, and even one across Loch Linnhe to Fort Wiliam. You can fly, most exotically by seaplane, from the Clyde in Glasgow to Oban and Tobermory - one of the 100 things to do before you die (I still haven't). There are even commercial flights from Oban airport to Col, Tiree and Colonsay but how long that operation will last for remains to be seen. And then there are the rather delightful buses, useful for getting you back to your car if you are taking the boat somewhere.