Lord Dunderheid

Easdale is the smallest of the still inhabited Slate Isles with the now uninhabited Balnahua being even smaller. Unless you have your own boat or helicopter then the only way to get to Easdale is via the passenger ferry from Ellenabeich on Seil (see the post about Seil to find out how to get to that island). If both Luing and Seil are small then Easdale Island is miniscule - no more than the dot over the letter ‘i’ . It is only about 60 acres in size - but squeezed onto that is a population of around sixty. It is located just off the south west tip of Seil’s clenched fist (using my earlier description of Seil’s shape in my post about that island). It is reached by a passenger ferry from the village of Ellenabeich on Seil. It is roughly a round shape, mainly flat with a rocky outcrop, around 125 feet high, on the western side. It is possible (from what I read) to climb this hillock. I am sure there are fine views from the top but I did not undertake this on my (so far) only visit as I a...

Seil (pronounced in English, as far as I can tell, as ‘seal’) is the northern most of the Slate Islands. It is the second largest of the group by area but also the most populous. It lies about fifteen miles south of Oban. To get to it you leave the A816 at Kilninver and take the B844. This road is marked as leading to the Luing Ferry at North Cuan or The Atlantic Bridge. The more official name for this bridge is Clachan Bridge and on crossing this you are immediately on Seil. As far as I can tell the name The Atlantic Bridge is nothing more than a good marketing ploy by those on the island seeking tourists to come see it - and then continue to tour the island and spend some tourist bucks. I say this because the bridge does not really cross the Atlantic as, as far as I can tell, the bridge crosses the point where Seil Sound, to the south, joins with Clachan Sound, to the north, and it no more crosses the Atlantic than the causeway between the mainland and Danna does or, more recently, t...