Freya and I went for a lovely walk before we left Clachtoll.
We couldn’t stay at Clachtoll for the full week as they were fully booked on the Tuesday night so we used it as a chance to pop back down to Ullapool and get some supplies.
Ullapool is a beautiful village in the Scottish Highlands. Craig and I got engaged in Ullapool in 2009. We had done the famous North Coast 500, although it wasn’t called that back then. Craig tried to propose at every place we stopped but the wind was howling so waited until we were checked into our hotel that night.
In true me fashion I couldn’t let that just be all romantic and lovely as I freaked at how much he’d spent on a ring, but that’s another story 🤦🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️😂
Back to Ullapool. It rained all day… and it was pretty windy.
My first port of call was The Bothy which is a wee coffee shop that’s opened at the entrance to the Broomfield campsite.
It’s such a lovely space.
I had a haggis roll and Craig had a roll with link sausage. My decaf oat milk latte was just perfect, it hit the spot.
Since we had signal, Craig went back to the van with Freya to make some Scottish Dog Behaviourist calls, while I had a wee wander around the shops, as you do, with a keen eye on all things gift shop!!
They’ve widened the Shore road and it just looked SO different. I miss the quaintness of the original street but at the same time, like everywhere else, it needs to change to cope with the amount of visitors.
I had a great wee wander but got totally soaked. There’s no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes and I was definitely wearing the wrong clothes!
We decided to head to a couple of pubs for the afternoon. We started at the Arch Inn where we got engaged.
Now Freya has been exceptional this whole holiday. We have never spent any time with her alone. Freya does not like the inside of a pub. Totally spooked and scraping to get out. Wee soul. I’m much the same but marriage is about compromise and Craig spent the day on a beach with me yesterday 😂😂 not his favourite thing. 😂
We sat outside under cover in the Arch. Freya could just about cope with that, cured up in a corner, refusing treats the barman gave her…. In a total huff!
We then headed along to the Ferry Boat Inn. She came in but really did want back out so we didn’t stay long.
We then went to The Chippy for fish and chips to take back to the van.
It rained and blew a hoolie all evening. I did get out to watch the Loch Seaforth head out to Stornoway.
Couldn’t miss a CalMac ferry could I?!?
Stay safe everyone 🌧️🏴🌧️
The Rambling Sloth 🦥 
The way that you keep quite short paragraphs between the excellent photos, makes it a very easy and enjoyable read. Thanks, guys (and Freya) 😀
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Thank you for saying that. The logs is really about my personal journey with mental health so Somedays I’m super excited about places I’m visiting and other days a bit woe is me. I want to do something with my photography eventually, it’s just on a iPhone but I’ve found the passion for it! Thank you so much!
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