Isle of Tiree: 27th - 30th May

For the annual Island trip, members of the Kyle Mountain Club exchanged boots for bicycles and travelled to Tiree.

The Tiree team with Millhouse bunkhouse and the water-mill

We stayed at Millhouse on Tiree for this trip. 

A well equipped bunkhouse that even put on a wee bit of entertainment for us by running the mill-wheel he is in the process of restoring.

Four glorious days of sunshine and little wind made sure that the group of thirteen covered most of the island

Park the bikes up

and

                     have a wee BBQ

We enjoyed beautiful beaches: 

archaeological ruins,

Skerryvore lighthouse museum and relics of the RAF’s wartime posting to the island. We even scaled the highest point to see the radar station on Carnan Mor – a bit of a push up but an amazing cycle back down!

Tiree is also well known for its bird population, the pictures below show the rare Corncrake.

Some of the group joined in at the local ceilidh which celebrated the end of Homecoming week on Tiree.