Sunday is known as the day of rest and so it proved today. After a leisurely breakfast we went out for a little walk – ahead of us is Loch Sunart and behind us is a big hill so the choice was (roughly) west or east. Since we arrived from the east we decided to head west.
Quiet as this place is it is the road linking the ferries at Lochaline and Ardgour so there were clusters of traffic at regular intervals – yes, even on a Sunday! It was a beautiful calm, still morning as the photos will attest.
We did see a fair bit of ‘wildlife’ including the following – our first impression was a of a large bird of prey perched in the tree. Close-ups proved us (slightly) wrong 😉
After our nice short walk we came back to the cottage to prepare ourselves for lunch. We had the foresight to identify and book at a place some 20 minutes away – the Boathouse Restaurant on the Kingairloch estate. It was a lovely drive down ever narrowing roads (and we started on single-track with passing places!) on what was by now a glorious day.
Our dinner was just superb – my cod loin main was perfectly cooked and Ally & Vanessa both had scallops which were also top notch. The drinkers (me & Nessa) had a really very good rosé (from Domaines de Météore) with it. Starters and desserts were also brilliant as were the the two people running it – the chef and a waitress who, we discovered, had lived at Sheepwash Bank which is a mere spit away from where Alison lived back in the day.
Needless to say we had a light supper – cheese & charcuterie again! – and quite an early night. One last bonus, missed by me but seen by Ally & Nessa, were the two pine martens who visit this place most nights.
Monday plans are fluid by which I don’t necessarily mean rain – we will decide as the day dawns.
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