Wed 22 Jul Culloden to Ullapool by Car

We are being looked after to beautifully by our FOA friends up here. David and Christine Dawson drove the 55 or so miles, right across Scotland, from Ullapool to take us ‘up homers’ for lunch. They did point out to us that ‘nipping over to Inverness’ is just a shopping trip for them to the nearest big town. The scale of distances is different up here – so it is a good thing the roads are of a good quality.
The scenery (apart from the grey murkiness) was stunning. We had a short tour of the area around Ullapool, stopped at the Elphin Café for coffee and a chat (where we also bought a circa 1890 clock – like you do. Then we visited a small craft fayre where we bought a pretty little jug – like you do. Foolishly, despite taking snaps of scenery throughout the day, Steve omitted to take any pictures of people!

We ended up at David and Christine’s magnificent cliff-edge home, overlooking Loch Broome and Ullapool, with their F37 ‘Lunga’ swinging on her mooring, close to their Flying Fifteen racing yacht. A sumptuous lunch of venison, mashed root veg and broccoli, with all kinds of lovely home made things – a veritable banquet.

Armed with a beautiful slab of traditional fruit cake, David and Christine drove us back to Culloden. A 200 mile round trip!, thank you so much. While we understand that Ullapool to Inverness is just ‘going to the shops’ for you, for us it was ‘crossing Scotland,’ to thank you again.Read more