Two girls and their dog blog!
After picking up our "big eyes" (really big binoculars) in Inverness we headed northwest, destination Gairloch in Wester Ross (or for those who have no map of Scotland in their head, or a map to hand - about an inch south of the most north westerly point of Scottish (and UK) mainland. (One road in and one road out!)
As we twisted an turned along the rather surprisingly good condition A road, the true beauty of the western Highlands opened up to us in all its glory. Snow-capped peaks gave way to misty and sun-drenched lochs, the colours reminiscent of an old oil-painting or modern day photoshoped landscape! Passing through the small village of Gairloch, we carried on another 10 miles or so and finally approached our new home for the next 2 weeks.....with uninterrupted views out over the Minch and the sun setting over the Isles of Lewis and Skye, there really were no words to describe the feeling of finally "coming home!".
Sunday was a day for recces - checking out some suitable land-based sites (and the wonderful realisation that our wee hoose possibly offers the best platform - and it's warm), acquainting ourselves with the village and finding the location of our new temporary office - the local pub - it's the only place with wireless, honest!!
And in case you're wondering where all the cetaceans are? We can also report that before we'd even had time to unpack, we were greeted by a grey seal at the bottom of the garden....and a minke whale blowing about 500 yards offshore. Oh and there's a whale vertebrae in our garden too.....this was so obviously meant to be our new home!
We've not even started and already the anticipation of what's to come is prevalent!!
PS. And Kila (the white German Shepherd) has been swimming (in sea and loch) and is finding plenty of sticks - in case anyone was worried!!
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But kudos to the people who did their best to save him.