Inspiration is everywhere for all the artists and craftspeople who love Colonsay. On the shore, in the textures of rock and stone, bark and plants, in ancient carvings and exotic birds at the 14C priory on Oronsay...
Needless to say the seafood is excellent from the well-stocked little shop and the attractive hotel.
The Baptist Church reminds us There Is Hope. I wonder if this was to help them through harsh storms and long winters in the past, before the internet and daily ferries (which deliver from Tesco on the mainland!)
The car ferry from Oban takes two and a quarter hours - the seas were calm as we left and we saw distant porpoise and a pink sunset....