Scotland Tour Review: Glasgow, Oban, Tobermory, Iona Island, Barra, Ullapool, Scenery, History, Culture, 10-Day Travel

It was a fabulous trip in every way living up to, and exceeding, expectations.  The travel company designed a holiday which included all the places I wanted to see and incorporated the activities I wanted to experience.  My friend and I took the train from Glasgow to Oban where we stayed for one night in the first of the hotels booked for us by Jeff. Jeff had planned and booked all our wonderful accommodation throughout the trip. Although we wanted to spend the first and last few days of our holiday "independently" Jeff still booked hotels during those periods and was really helpful advising about other travel arrangements, etc.
We caught the ferry from Oban (just a few minutes walk from the hotel) to Mull, landing at Craignure and then heading for Tobermory where we stayed for a few nights. Here we did two good walks from the hotel and went by bus to the other end of the island to take the ferry to Iona and back as a day trip.  We crossed back to Oban and stayed at the same hotel for one night and it was here that our guide from the travel agency collected us.  Our wonderful guide was to drive us in a very comfortable vehicle from south to north of the Outer Hebridean islands. 
We crossed from Oban to Barra. I'll mention here that all the ferry crossings were full of interest - especially seeing the happy pod of dolphins swimming at speed with us! We drove through the islands, staying on Barra, North Uist, Harris and Lewis. We saw breath-taking scenery, met warm and welcoming hosts and were able to see wildlife, historic buildings and other structures, learn about the history, culture and language of the islands and geology.  We also had the opportunity to do walks and strolls and visit galleries. 
We crossed from Stornoway to Ullapool, back on the mainland, where we had three "independent " days (staying at the hotel booked by Jeff).  Two wonderful longer walks here, visits to galleries in Ullapool and a live folk music evening at a local pub. Unfortunately we had to then go home!  By coach and train to Glasgow via Inverness where we spent a couple of hours in the central area (excellent left luggage facility there) - a good return journey seeing more of  beautiful Scotland en route.