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In the Land of the ‘McK’s’

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Norman’s Ruh at Torloisk on Loch Tuath above Loch na Kael, the Isle of Mull.

Norman’s Ruh, a converted crofter’s cottage, very nice. Wonderful setting.

I believe Torloisk is the name of the estate or large land holding. It appears to be a large commercialized agricultural landholding, with lots of rented properties, farm and homes alike.

Loch na Kael is Gaelic for Loch of the Kyle or Narrows.

Loch Tuath leading to Loch na Kael and the Munro and extinct volcano of Ben More

The local telephone book on Mull is all of nine pages in length. Fully three of those pages contain surnames beginning with ‘Mc’ or ‘McK’.

This McKinney, ‘son of Kenneth MacAlpin’ (Gaelic ~ Coinneach mac Ailpein), feels at ‘home’.

Scotland : Oban-Craignure Ferry to Isle of Mull

Two days of hard travel to the Inner Hebrides of Scotland : The Isle of Mull

Kudos to Louis at the late-night, wee-hour-of-the-morning Glasgow Airport Enterprise car rental desk.

You rock, my friend!!

Driving on the ‘wrong’ side of the car, and to make matters worse on the ‘wrong’ side of tight and windy two-way loch-lined roads from Glasgow to the ferry at Oban, was the most stressful part of the venture.

The English language off the Scottish tongue is soft and lilting to my ear.

My wife has to ask for it to be repeated more often than not. She is truly in a foreign country.