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Canna and Sanday to appeal to all tastes, and specialist rock climbing can be undertaken if you have suitable equipment. For a
moderate walk to build up an appetite for dinner at the café, a stroll up to the Celtic cross and the ‘cursing stone’ give a stunning
view out to the sentinel of the Stevenson-designed Hyskeir Light standing only a few miles away.
Well worth a visitIf you are staying for the night do try to reserve a table at Café Canna, which is open for lunch
and dinner and offers a variety of delicacies including lobster when available. Rabbit often
features on the menu, which makes a tasty change. There isn’t a food shop on the
island, but there is a small community shop on the ferry pier which offers tea and coffee
on a self-service basis plus a selection of local produce and crafts. Although you could spend
two or three days enjoying this beaut anchorage, the chances are you’d be there because you were going iful island and the
on somewhere else, and Canna makes a wonderful central location
Ppopular anchorage is well sheltered and close to Oban, as well as to ronounced ‘Pulldoran’ and meaning ‘otter’s pool’ in Gaelic, this Craobh and
Ardfern marinas. the bottom is black mud, which has caused several boats to The Sailing Directions claim
drag their anchors – so a long length of chain is advised if there is a gale. There are breathtaking views from the nearby hill on a
clear day, and in early spring the surrounding banks are awash with primroses and bluebells. The cruising website
http://www.scottishanchorages.co.uk strongly recommends making the 10-minute walk along a track to Clachan Seil, to see the
so-called Bridge over the Atlantic
for stopping at en route to or from Skye or the Outer Hebrides, where Canna’s ‘cursing stone’
there are now pontoon facilities at Lochboisdale and Lochmaddy. The other Small Isles – Rum, Muck and Eigg – are also all well worth a
visit if time permits, and each has very separate charms to offer.life, including sea eagles, golden Canna is renowned for its bird
eagles and puffi ns. Recently, peregrine falcons and merlins have also been sighted in the area. In the waters around the
area, dolphins are a common sight, with minke whales and basking sharks (in season) regularly reported
as ‘the garden of the Hebrides’ because of around the island. Sometimes described
Full navigation details n island with many nteresting features. s fertile soil, Canna is
to Cape Wrath ilot book an be found in the Clyde Cruising Club and in the Ardnamurchan
Admiralty Chart folio 5616, Point of Ardnamurchan to Shiant Islands. Other useful information can also be found at
http://www.theisleofcanna.com, http://www.cafecanna.co.uk and http://www.welcome-anchorages.co.uk/view-publication.
http://www.mccubbin.ca
Tigh an Truish – ‘House of the Trousers’ – has an interesting history
(in truth, over Clachan Sound) and visit the excell18th century Tigh an
Truish pub, whose name means ‘House of the Trousers’. After the disastrous 1745 Jacobite rebellion kilts were banned by
the victorious English, so the islanders heading for the mainland are said to have stopped off here to change
from their kilts into trousers.
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