The ferry from Tayinloan to Ardminish Gigha takes only 20 minutes to cross the Sound of Gigha. All the way over the Paps of Jura were in the background (beckoning me again…) through the heat haze. I also watched huge red and blue jelly fish pass the ferry.
Gigha is the most southerly of the Inner Hebrides with a much drier and milder climate than many of the other islands. And today was no exception.
It’s only 7 miles long and has beautiful white sandy beaches with green sea lapping on to them. One road runs the length of the island. There’s moorland and some good arable land too. Gigha was bought by the islanders in 2002 and the 15th March is celebrated annually as Independence Day.
We visited the island shop and the art gallery – boasting a JoLoMo exhibition, opened by the man himself, of 28 paintings of Gigha. And on the opening night, the gallery owner sold 9 of them.
The south pier was where we had our first picnic of the day and watched a black kite looking for its brunch.
We briefly stopped at Achamore Gardens and decided walking round them was for a return visit. Instead we spent time at the remnants of the 13th century chapel, St Catan’s and visiting standing stones dotted around the island. The most famous is probably the Giant’s tooth – and it really looks like a whopping big incisor.
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