Woke up after a very comfortable night at Ullapool. The hotel was very lovely and I must have been wiped out as I slept through till 8am which never happens.
We checked out at 10am in miserable weather. Sideways rain common here š we drove to Lochinver which was a town that I’d probably heard of but didn’t look into why it was on my list. It was lovely though but we fuelled our cars and our bellies and set off for the beautiful and breathtaking Achmelvich bay.
It was one of the places I most wanted to visit on this trip for its turquoise water and white sand. Adam was insistent it wouldn’t look like the pictures and that those were just pics from sunny days on the Internet…I was right, it was just as stunning as the pictures. The turquoise sea was incredibly cold though, proud of Adam having a cold water dip too.
The roads by now were all NC500 roads and a chunk of them were the single track roads I’d been dreading…they were actually a bloody dream to drive! We drove 90 miles today but our drive time was almost 5 hours. So that tells you the kind of roads we were on.
Our final destination was Durness Bay at the very top of the world, or just the UK š you can’t book the campsite so it was a big risk driving all this way and hope there was space. Luckily there was, we have the best pitch and the campsite is epic.
So I’m car camping and Adam is in his tent. We have had such an incredible day and incredible 3 days together. Adam is heading home tomorrow and I’m still adventuring, but I’m so very glad we did this and so glad we did it together
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Na night from the top of the UK
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All Shiny and New - Sue Tickle 