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…

We were back on the road by about 9:45am. We continued up the western side of Scotland and given that we were making pretty good time decided to head over the pass to Applecross and then around the Wester Ross scenic coastal route. Unfortunately the top of the pass was enshrouded in cloud and rain…

We set off from home at about 11:45am. We stopped at Lancaster services for lunch and picked up a universal holder for our phones. They should be a bit more reliable than the old Samsung Galaxy S2 that I’ve been using to run CoPilot and more recently Google Navigation. Traffic was pretty clear until we…