"We'll get ice cream after a short walk"

Text entry by Cadell Martin follows photos.

After Holy Eucharist at St. John's Cathedral in Oban.


Fish and chips in Oban


We ask some Scotland natives the correct way to pronounce Edinburgh


A view from our hike to Kerrara


A sunset over Oban


The Five Excellent Practices of Pilgrimages:
Practice the arts of attention and listening.
Practice renewing yourself every day.
Practice meandering toward the center of every place.
Practice the ritual of reading sacred texts.
Practice gratitude and praise-singing.


We began our day with a wonderful breakfast made by the innkeeper and afterwards we headed to St. John's Episcopal Church. It was a very nice service. The Liturgy is very similar to All Saints' yet the sermon was very different. The priest definitely seemed more conversational and the baptismal was different yet interesting. The priest walked the baby, which is his granddaughter, and the family down to the narthex and she was baptized there. We also learned how in the olden days the baby would have to turn from the ecclesiastical west to the ecclesiastical east because that is where the sun is during the morning. After the service, the congregation was invited for tea and coffee in the lobby and there we talked to some of the members of the church. We were asked where we were from and where are we going. We also earned that one of the members of the church built the crucifix that is in the chapel on Iona. After the delicious tea we headed back to the inn to prepare for a full day out. For lunch, we walked to a fish and chips restaurant and we all enjoyed fish and chips. After lunch we were promised ice cream but we wanted to walk off lunch first. So, we began walking by following Tim. Tim then lead us up a steep hill with many steps. It was very tiring but our destination was a hill that over looked the city and the pier and we could see over to another island. After spending some time looking over the city and at some pretty flowers, we began our descent down. After going down the many steps we began to walk towards the ferry that would take us to Kerrera which was one of the islands that we saw from the lookout point. To get to this ferry we had to travel this treacherous road that was fairly narrow and cars also traveled on it. We were pretty nervous about traveling on it at first because it started out with a curve and we couldn't see around it so we had no idea when a car was coming. After we made it passed that part, we continued on our was to the ferry. The walk itself is a little over a mile, one way, but on the way we could see the ocean and purple and blue hydrangeas. We arrived at the ferry and road over to Kerrera where we began to take a path that finally ends at a castle but that was over an hour walk. We just walked on the path until we found a place where we could sit and talk. On the way we passed a huge sheep farm and the sheep were very interesting to see and talk about. The spot where we stopped seemed to be a docking place for this family that had a house on this island and there house was right in front of the ocean. While we were having alone time in this area. The family came back to her house. When she got their she released her four parrots and her two dogs. When we were beginning to head back to the ferry, we stopped to talk to her and we learned that she rescued the parrots. One of them had been torn away from its family when it was young, another had a disease, and one just had dirty language. She also sold glasses that had a designed on them for 3₤. She told us that the money went towards food for the birds.

The End of Part 1

Cadell Martin