Education Trip: June 27th - June 29th [Last Education Boat Trip this summer :( ]
Schools: Ulva Ferry Primary, Dervaig Primary, Tobermory Primary & Luing Primary

Nicole (Ed. Officer), Mike (Photo-ID Officer), Ann (Education Assistant), Olimar (Education Volunteer), Duncan (Skipper) and Davie (First Mate) 'entertained' the children from Ulva Ferry and Dervaig Primary in the morning with the boat moored at the pontoon in Silurians home port of Tobermory! The morning started off a bit panicky since the boat that had our spot on the pontoon had engine failure and we didn't get Silurian on the pontoon until the children arrived! A few activities were done on shore including our new 'Food Chain Game' while the rest of the crew finished getting the boat ready for the kids to come aboard. The children really enjoyed learning about all the different crabs in the touch tank and catching lots of different kinds of plankton including copepods and barnacle larvae (both crustaceans like crabs).

In the afternoon Ann and I assisted with the Tobermory Primary's 3 - 7 by explaining about all the wonderful adaptations of the animals in the touch tank and looking for other animals on the beach while the others did activities with whale and dolphin sounds and plankton. Nicole had split the children into four groups of 6 or less were enough to keep amused! All the children said they had a wonderful afternoon!

We had planned to leave Tobermory at 3:30pm so at 5:50pm we were heading out of the Bay! "The best laid plans -----"! The sun came out as we passed Salen and we had a glorious evening to motor down to Oban where we picked up a mooring a beautiful Kerrera.


An excellent meal prepared by head chef Mike -- mango chicken -- was enjoyed by all and after preparing some more cards for the 'Food Chain Game', Duncan and Davie headed off to pick up Marjolaine and Francois who were joining us.

One by one we l headed off to our bunks while leaving at last look at the glorious sunset.


Log by: Barbara Weir, Administration Officer