Our draft winter ferry timetables have now been released by Calmac.
We are to have either a large ferry or a small ferry or sometimes both together. A potential nightmare for anybody wanting to travel dictated by the date which timetable applies.
With their usual aplomb they allow 11 minutes to get from the railway station to the ferry so while running with luggage you have to know whether to dive into the terminal and upstairs to the boarding ramp or if the small ferry continue running another 100 yards to the car deck entry.
Then when arriving on Mull the coordination is such that the bus to Fionnphort is scheduled to depart 5 minutes before the ferry arrives. This problem also applies to the northern bus route.
The latter did happen in the past and to be fair the bus driver usually waited for the ferry regardless of schedule but if the ferry was late sometimes had to go anyway.
Negotiations continue so these problems may be resolved.
Another of the joys of island life.
