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3.1 Gualachaolish and Carn Ban

3.2 Glen More to Lochbuie

3.3 Lochbuie to Carsaig

3.4 Carsaig Arches

3.5 Ardalanish

3.6 Tireragan and Tràigh Gheal

3.7 Ardtun

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4.1 Livingstone Croft Trail

4.2 Ormaig and Cragaig

4.3 Beinn Chreagach

4.4 Round Ulva

4.5 Gometra

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4.6 Dun I

4.7 A northerly circuit

4.8 Port na Curaich

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4.9 Erraid

APPENDIX A Essential and supplementary reading

APPENDIX B Glossary of Gaelic words

APPENDIX C Useful information and contact details

PREFACE

I don’t know when I first visited Mull; certainly it was more than 20, or even 25, years ago. I have been visiting the Inner Hebrides, notably Skye, for over 40 years. For sure, it was during the courtship years of my love affair with Scottish islands, a time when I was receptive to a whole litany of moods, impressions, atmospheric nuances (that is, abrupt and unpleasant weather changes), cultural differences and the sort of free-range possibilities that later led to a book about all the Scottish islands. One thing is certain, it was the superb writing of Jim Crumley, first about Skye and then in The Heart of Mull, that was a catalyst, completely changing the way I saw and understood what I was looking at. I met Jim once, on Beinn Ime above Loch Lomond – he was coming down as I was going up. We chatted briefly, and it turned out we had friends in common. Little did I know then how much his writing would influence my own way of thinking.