Featured Rideout Mull: Ride All Around The Coast

I've been meaning to go to Mull for a while, so when the forecast was looking good i decided to go. I'd only ever been to Tobermory and that was years ago and i wasn't on a bike. i knew it had a lot of single track roads and in the past that has always put me off. i didn't really know what to expect regarding road conditions and scenery but as i was taking my GS i knew it could handle any road surface with ease!
I took the morning ferry from Oban, i was the only motorbike, I'm guessing bikers are put off with having to take a ferry which takes about 50 mins and also the single track roads, although the road up to Tobermory is mainly a great twisty 2 lane road.
Part One


took this photo just off the main road to Tobermory, didn't go down the track just thought it was a nice view


Tobermory is a nice colourful village




View down to the Harbour from the road above

i left Tobermorry and took the A848 across to the west coast it's a lovely twisty road with bits of it like a rollercoaster great fun!, i couldn't take any photos at that part as there was nowhere to stop,
i passed quite a few lochs!






Stopped off at a view point and met a guy who was on a KTM 390 (met each other a few times throughout the day)

 

Part Two
passed a few lovely beaches


café at the beach


Parked up to soak the sun up for a while!

so many lovely views, just as well i wasn't in any hurry!










Met up again with the KTM rider at the Iona ferry, if you zoom into the big boulder on the beach you will see it's split in half, i went down to take a closer photo

it must have been over 10ft high

 

old boat wreck


one of a few waterfalls i past


one of quite a few coffee stops


waiting for the ferry back to Oban


This is the route i took, it was well worth doing the detour to the Iona ferry (waypoint 11) i would say about 70% of the roads are single tracks but apart from the road up to Tobermory where i passed maybe a dozen cars, there were only about 6 cars i passed all the way round the rest of the island! and i think they must have been locals as the pulled over as soon as they could. It was a lovely day and it was early in the season for tourists, Mull exceeded my expectations but i imagine it wouldn't be near as much fun if the roads were busy, and if the weather didn't play ball!


Here's a few pics from Pulpit hill overlooking Oban and some of the nearby islands






And of course you cant go to Oban and not have Fish n Chips

 

I think I did about 130 miles on Mull, If I didn't do the detour to the Iona ferry it would only have been about 100 miles! I wouldn't recommend it for a sports bike,although the road to Tobermorey and the road to Iona would be good for them but unless you had a bike with higher bars you'd struggle on the single track stuff,

 

I'd loads of time on Mull , but normally I'll stop every 40 miles or so when I'm out a run anyway so if there's a nice view I'll take a photo, orher times if I see a nice view I'll just keep the bike running and take a quick photo

 

Here's a map I picked up on Mull