We left The Rose Guest House about 9.30am, headed towards Achiltibuie. What a scary section of road that is. There’s hardly any signs of civilisation out that way, but there was a bit of traffic – mostly tourists, stopping illegally to take photos, just like we were. The weather was really, really windy and overcast and got progressively worse as the day went on. I was in my new jumper and thick jacket and the cap I bought and was still freezing every time I got out to take a photo. The wind ruined quite a few shots because I couldn’t keep the camera still or pointed in the right place. It was incredible! But the views were still fantastic:
The road was pretty scary, with stone walls on both sides and only a little ‘passing place’ here and there, and the odd road obstruction:
But the scenery was worth it:
And did I say it was cold and windy? I had to hold my cap on, but the view of the Summer Isles was fantastic:
We were Googled near Achiltibuie!:
And stopped for lunch at the Summer Isles Hotel in Achiltibuie. It was a little disappointing, because they didn’t have scallops, which I’d really been looking forward to. In fact, half the menu was cancelled because they’d been so busy they were out of everything. We ended up having potato and leek soup. It was nice, but not what we’d come for. Such is life!
After leaving here, we headed along a different road back to Ledmore, which we’d passed through yesterday. The weather was getting quite wet, along with the windy, so the photo-opps were not so great:
And then the section between Badcall Bay (which name amused me no end) and Durness. It was so cold and wet and windy and miserable. But the photos had to be taken, so I soldiered on. Daniel didn’t much like it either:
Then it was time to look for somewhere to stay. We tried about half a dozen B&Bs and the hotel, and everything was full. The lovely woman at the hotel rang up a B&B down the road, which had a sign saying it had no vacancies, but that’s because they’re no longer doing the B&B regularly, only to help out during the summer. It was directly above the beach – no road in between or anything. It was fantastic! Lovely big room, and we were the only guests. Joyce and Johnny were really lovely and I sat with them and a couple of their friends and chatted after dinner. Breakfast was only continental, rather than full cooked breakfast, but we didn’t mind. Especially with the views we had!:
The B&B seen from the distance:
