With care, this can be a surprisingly reasonable anchorage out of the tide, at least on the flood, off the north of the island from where you can dinghy across to the old landing slip. And then explore. But don't leave your boat unattended for too long, and almost certainly don't stay the night — the ebb could land you on the rocks. Not that there is much to explore. The large walled garden is overgrown, and the lighthouse cottages rather rundown. Of course the views all around are great. I never knew why, sometime in the 20th century, the name of the island changed from Pladda to Fladda until the present owner told me the Northern Lighthouse Board was responsible — to avoid confusion with their lighthouse on the other Pladda, off the south tip of Arran in the Clyde.
