Drimnin is literally at the end of the road, if you are coming by land, and a very long, single- track road it is too curling round the remarkably isolated and unpopulated part of Scotland called Morvern. You can appreciate why people were once better connected by sea in these parts, it is a mere three miles by boat to Tobermory. These days boaties seldom anchor here, Tobermory has a greater magnetic attraction. But the walks as ever are lovely, and if you can avoid the Highland Bull it is good to do the 15-minutes walk from the ferry slipway with its friendly notices, first left, up a track to the restored, by Derek and Louise Lewis of the Drimnin Estate, St Columba's Roman Catholic Chapel perched on its rock looking out to Ardnamurchan. As well as providing a place for non-denominational Christian worship, it is a venue for music and the arts. It was locked when I was there so I don't know what it is like inside. It seems a strange location such a long way from any habitation, not many Roman Catholics in the area anyway, but not so strange for a castle which once stood on the same spot. Until in 1838 Sir Charles Gordon, a Banffshire landowner, bought the estate and pulled the castle down to make way for his own private chapel. The estate has now built a distillery with the first products on tap in 2020, so maybe another reason to anchor here. The estate website is highly attractive, holiday cottages to let, guided walks, all that sort of thing
