Eas Fors so good they named it twice! From Wikipedia: The name is tautologous: eas is Gaelic for waterfall, and fors or foss is also Norse for waterfall, so "Eas Fors" means "waterfall waterfall." And it's three times a lady 🎶 as it tumbles in torrents from the highest level to an easy viewing area a few yards north on the same side as the pull-in where approx 8 cars can easily park. Below the road bridge there is a 'puggy' patch of ground/long grass/rocks where you can squelch your way to where the sparkling fresh water tumbles happily twice more over blind precipes before a long vertical drop into a pool on the beach that apparently one can swim in (chest deep for average adult so a previous reviewer noted). For a while I stood at the top of these on a 'safe-ish-looking' rock that was sprouting soft pincushions of Sea Pink plants with numerous flowers.. viewing the isle of Ulva and the beautiful mountains of the Ross of Mull. This must have been early September and my fellow visitor were few.. 3 cars and a motorbike in the parking place. Do visit.. 100% worth it but be very careful.. its tempting to tiptoe closer.. but that squelchy ground shelves away quickly...
Read moreThere are a few waterfalls here in quick succession and they're all great. You can see a few small ones going upstream from the road and they are fairly easily accessible. There's also a very big one going downstream from the road, but seeing this from the bottom is a lot harder - you'll need to go a few hundred meters down the road towards Ulva Ferry and then go down towards the beach when you can and back towards the falls on the beach. The terrain there has a lot of rocks, mud, seaweed and thorns so make sure you've got good hiking boots on and are confident navigating rough terrain before considering it. It will take you about an hour to go down and come back up but it's...
Read morecame across Eas Fors on an exploration drive at the start of my holiday on Mull a while ago, got some great pics as it was in full flow, started on the land side of the road, then went across the road to the seaward side following the course of the Fors, had gone a bit dow taking pics on the way, when suddenly I slipped felt a crunch and a snap, then excrutiating pain, It seemed that I had busted my ankle. fortunately some other folk around called the ambulance, and was carted off to Craignure, leg in plaster end of hols. My wife had to get train up from cumbria to collect me n the car. going back this year but will be more careful. Mull is...
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