Any one from the north east been to tobermory, isle of mull

[Stampsy525]

hi, has any one from northeast england been to TOBERMORY on the isle of mull, thinking of taking the bairn over in the summer but not sure how to get there and wt ferrys to get etc, any help would be much appretiated cheers .

[yorkio]

When we've been we've caught the Calmac ferry from Oban to Craignure. It's a fair drive, but if you leave the North East after breakfast, you can be in Tobermory by tea-time!

[mark]

usually there 2 or 3 times a year.

Oban to Craignure ain't cheap though, 38 quid each way for the car, fiver each for adults... so a family of four and you're well over 100 quid


Lochaline to Fishnish, or Kilchoan straight into tobermory is stacks cheaper, only about 11 quid each way for the car from Lochaline and 2 or 3 quid for adults

Official Caledonian MacBrayne Hebridean & Clyde Ferries site

Lochaline is a great route, much quieter and you can have a fish off the pier while waiting for the ferry, but make sure you've plenty line on your reel, a 50 yard cast puts you in 300 foot of water! and there's some big fish there too, pollack conger doggies, spurs even skate are relatively easy to target from the shore there

the kilchoan route brings you straight into tob, 7 to 8 hours from newcastle. theres another weeny ferry ride to do as well at the corran, 5 minute crossing, costs a fiver for car and all passengers, runs all day every 15mins, from there drive straight down the ardnamurchan peninsula to Kilchoan and ferry over to tob

there used to be a hopscotch ticket for 50 quid ish, allowing you to onto mull via one of the routes and off via another


fantastic place, much better drive IMHO than oban, by the time you've waited for the bigger ferry at oban and driven across mull its just as quick and saves quite a few quid too

Tob gets quite busy in summer with all the balamory malarakey going on but the kids love it (well mine used to but they've grown out of it a bit)

send the kids on a balmory trail and take the trip round the distillery, lots of free sampling on the tour! or drop into tackle and books, they run charter fishing trips for 15 quid for 3 or 4 hours all in