"...Leslie and Carol not telling me about the ferryboat! If they had I would never have ever come to Coll...

We were visiting my Aunties at the Roundhouse for the first time. When the Claymore slowed down at the head of the bay I knew something was definitely wrong. And when the crew said "Women and children first" at the open side door with the little ferryboat trying to get alongside down below I knew the ship was sinking. Despite my high heels and terror I was one of the first to get in the ferryboat. For a townee I thought I moved very fast. Leslie told me later that the MacBrayne's timetable said that 'Coll passengers use the Coll ferryboat at their own risk.' I thought it was a lifeboat!"

Bunty Bale