Ady had put her patch on yesterday evening so we were all set for the boat trip. We were joined by 8 other passengers on the old ship’s life raft which had been converted for the tours. Richard our skipper was very knowledgeable and imparted a lot of information as we took the short trip…
We decided to have a day chilling out at the lodge. Plus it was either raining, misty or “a bit dreich†for most of the day. We heard back from Jane at the glass bottom boat tour and booked on the 12pm sailing for Tuesday. In the evening we went to the beach at Camas…
We headed down to the harbour for the 12pm glass bottom boat tour, but found that the other two who were booked on the tour had cancelled. We gave it a few minutes by wandering around the harbour to see if anyone else turned up. They didn’t so the tour was cancelled and instead we…
We headed down to Gairloch harbour and enquired about a trip on the glass bottom boat. We booked on to the 12pm sailing for Sunday. We then went and had a look around the Gairloch museum, leaving the dogs in the car. The museum has various exhibits covering the history of the area, from crofting,…
Plan A for today was to visit the National Trust’s Inverewe Gardens, where the owner of Coille Bheag is the catering manager. However, when we got there we found that dogs are not allowed in the gardens so we opted for Plan B. We went back through Poolewe, on through Gairloch and up to Sands…
We drove into Poolewe and parked up near the river. We walked the Kernsary loop, going around clockwise. Just before Kernsary we stopped in the shelter of some trees and ate our lunch. After that we took a detour and headed up the track to the north of Kernsary forest towards Fionn Loch. Phoebe spent…
With what was left of the morning after we had surfaced we made a picnic lunch and took the short drive up the road to the beach at Camas na Muic. We walked to the northern end of the beach and ate our lunch whilst sitting on the rocks with our coats on. It started…
We popped down to the local market in Poolewe village hall. The dogs weren’t allowed in so I walked along the seafront. Ady picked up some langoustine, scallops, scones, chocolate brownie and coconut slice. We had lunch back at the lodge. We then went over to Altbea and up to the Drumchork Lodge Hotel. The…
We took a drive around to Gairloch and then beyond to the end of the public road at Melvaig. We parked up and walked the remaining 5km along the road to Rua Reidh lighthouse. We experienced a mix of sun, rain and midges. The lighthouse is a B&B and a couple of guesthouses. Given that…
We took a walk from the lodge along the shoreline trying to make it up to Camas na Muic. With the shore being really rocky and the land being so boggy we didn’t make it and ended up turning back inland at Blar Mor. In the process Lexi dropped into a stream hidden by vegetation…