Hebridean

I had a wee adventure today. I flew from Oban to Colonsay (via Islay) in Hebridean Air’s wee 8 seat plane (see extras).

Oban Airport is tiny. The usual formalities are ignored. My bag was weighed (10kg maximum) and the pilot gave as a safety briefing. That was it. No check in. No identification. No baggage tags. No boarding pass. No security checks.

The flight had 2 paying passengers plus 2 fire crew from Colonsay who’d been on the mainland for training (again, see extras).

The flight bounces along at a pretty low level - it isn’t for the faint hearted (see extras). The views must be great on a good weather day. They weren’t today. They almost cancelled the flight because of rain and low cloud - no fancy all weather systems here!

For £35 one way, one can’t complain (and that was business class).

So after a good dinner (hint - there’s an oyster farm on the island) it’s feet up and Blip time.

The Blip (backBlipped - no wifi in my apartment) is the paddock outside the place I’m staying - some lovely evening sun.