A Kilchoan Diary: Sail Training Ship 'Belem'

Saturday, 5 August 2017

Sail Training Ship 'Belem'

The French sail training ship Belem was launched in 1896 as a cargo ship transporting sugar from the West Indies and cocoa and coffee from Brazil and French Guiana to Nantes in France. She's now a sail training ship.

She came in to the Sound of Mull just after midday today and is now anchored in Tobermory Bay.

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About Kilchoan

Kilchoan is a remote Scottish crofting village at the westernmost end of the Ardnamurchan peninsula, a two-hour drive to the west of Fort William. Its white houses are strung like pearls around a wide bay, looking out across the Sound of Mull to Tobermory. The year-round population of the village itself is just over a hundred, but this diary writes about all the villages of western Ardnamurchan, including Portuairk, Sanna, Achosnich, Achnaha and Kilmory.

There's more about Kilchoan and West Ardnamurchan here

The history & heritage of the Ardnamurchan peninsula is celebrated on a website here.

A map of the area is here