Smoo Cave Hotel. Anyone else been there? It's the closest eatery and drinkery to our B&B here in Durness, which, if you take a look at a map of Britain, is about as far away from London by road as you can get without resorting to ferries or the Channel tunnel.
We left Gairloch, ~200km south, this morning around 09:30.
The route taken today.
Scenery was continuous and magnificent. And the weather, as you'll see from the images and movie, superb. In fact we even turned the aircon on in the car, once the outside temperature hit 24°C.
Some pictorial items of possible interest:
Four cars (including ours) and a bicycle in a roadside viewpoint: the traffic was negligible, being a Monday. It's a great pleasure to be away from the crowds.
This roadside slot gorge with waterfall and ferns, recommended by Robbie Taylor our host at Gairloch, is well worth a stop. Pictures can't do it justice so you'll just have to take our word for it.
Roadside stop on the approach to Ullapool. Breathtaking.
Spot the two red deer bucks in this shot. Sharp-eyed Mary saw them beside the road as we were driving.
The mosaic covered front of the pottery in Ullapool.
And a small portion of its garden, out front.
The ruins of Ardvrek Castle, just beside the road and on the edge of a loch which contained salmon, brown trout and Arctic char.
Finally, a one minute movie made of footage shot while driving. The roads were generally excellent today, with only one or two ultra-narrow sections.
We're here for two nights before heading a short distance east for our next two-night sojourn. This weather surely can't continue, but we'd like it to.
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The technical stuff:
Our main iPad is connecting to the Internet mainly through a cellular connection provided (prepaid, 3gb for three months for £16) by the UK "Three" network. On high ground and in town environments this connection has so far proven quite good but, as in Australia, some places lack good coverage so no or poor connection. There are quite a few WiFi options available too although not always advertised. Just ask if you're unsure if available. All except two of our accommodation reservations include free WiFi which is of course the preferred method of transferring large amounts of data but I have been posting these blogs and their images sometimes using only a cellular connection either from inside our accommodation or on the roadside.
Mary's iPhone is operating using an Australian SIM card (Optus prepaid) which is roaming while in the UK and gives us the ability to make phone calls (not cheap) and send and receive SMS. It also uses WiFi, can connect directly to the Internet through the local cellular system (expensive), and use a Personal Hot Spot provided by the iPad (essentially free as the iPad connection is prepaid).
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I did a loop, Fort William, Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, some years ago. Saw the monster of course!
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