Scotland - Day Four
The Belgians say, you can never trust a French. We have to admit that the saying is right but there are exceptions. First, French hitchhikers bought us a pint of AnTeallach. Second, they recommended a village with nice restaurants and it seems that they were right. We are waiting for the meal while writing these lines, we might change the opinion later.
To summarize our day we have prepared a list of keywords : green, grass, sheep, water, hills, mountains, lochs, beach, crabs, rainbow, sun and rain.
Ohh, one more thing not to trust, is the GPS navigator. The reason for that is that we trusted it to navigate us to the most North-Western point (Cape Wrath) and it showed the route. Apparently it brought us to the East Keodale Piere. The navigator said that there is a bridge but it was only a river and a ferry. To be honest, ferry is a big word to describe small rowing boat with an engine. It could have taken us to the other side, but unfortunately due to the strong wind the man on the boat decided to cancel the service. To our surprise, taking the small boat is the only way of getting to the place. Yes it is not an island but apparently there are no roads to the place.
Keeping in mind that there is nothing on the west coast except amazing nature we drove slowly along small villages, magnificent landscapes and astonishing sea side views.
One of place we found on a sea side was a good place to stop and we spent there almost two hours. Dimi climbed the hill and the rocks and he said that there was a great view and worth every moment. He explained that it was watching to the island in the ocean, the beach laying at the left and rocks rising out of the water which all made it into a wonderful place to relax and enjoy the sunshine together with the strong Atlantic wind. After exploring the land we moved to the rocks in the water and climbed on one of the biggest ones, there we found some fossils. Really tiny fossils, try to imagine that they are thousands of years old! At least we do believe so :)
After these historical findings, we hit the road further to follow the coast which went along some villages. At some point we were hungry and wanted to try the famous Scottish fish tried to find a good fish-restaurant. Unfortunately we could not even find people to ask for a restaurant. On the way we passed LochInver, Alchitibuie and Ullapool. Between these small villages which hardly can be called villages with a house and a half, we found nothing except a dead end road and two lost French Doctors (PhD). We took them to a village and as a reward they bought us a pint of local beer and claimed that they do not like to work (but who does ?) and directed us toward this fish restaurant where we started to write todays blog.
[4 hours later]
The fish and lamb was goooooooood. Expensive though. It costed us fortune, but we are not complaining. Not at all. It is just to mention that it was expensive. Really expensive. If you want to have a cheap meal you better catch some fish or hunt a sheep, which is not that hard. Going for a meal in this place is not recommended if your second name is not Rothschild.
Now we are at a Youth Hostel at Torridon. It is a great chain of hostels and if you are planning to travel cheap in Scotland go for it. Yesterday we had three snoring guys in our room so we hardly slept, but we are not complainging. Not at all. Really, twelve persons in a room is not that much. Not at all. Especially if three of them are snoring and three children taking piss of their silly jokes. Hope this night would be better.
Good Night.
To summarize our day we have prepared a list of keywords : green, grass, sheep, water, hills, mountains, lochs, beach, crabs, rainbow, sun and rain.
Ohh, one more thing not to trust, is the GPS navigator. The reason for that is that we trusted it to navigate us to the most North-Western point (Cape Wrath) and it showed the route. Apparently it brought us to the East Keodale Piere. The navigator said that there is a bridge but it was only a river and a ferry. To be honest, ferry is a big word to describe small rowing boat with an engine. It could have taken us to the other side, but unfortunately due to the strong wind the man on the boat decided to cancel the service. To our surprise, taking the small boat is the only way of getting to the place. Yes it is not an island but apparently there are no roads to the place.
Keeping in mind that there is nothing on the west coast except amazing nature we drove slowly along small villages, magnificent landscapes and astonishing sea side views.
One of place we found on a sea side was a good place to stop and we spent there almost two hours. Dimi climbed the hill and the rocks and he said that there was a great view and worth every moment. He explained that it was watching to the island in the ocean, the beach laying at the left and rocks rising out of the water which all made it into a wonderful place to relax and enjoy the sunshine together with the strong Atlantic wind. After exploring the land we moved to the rocks in the water and climbed on one of the biggest ones, there we found some fossils. Really tiny fossils, try to imagine that they are thousands of years old! At least we do believe so :)
After these historical findings, we hit the road further to follow the coast which went along some villages. At some point we were hungry and wanted to try the famous Scottish fish tried to find a good fish-restaurant. Unfortunately we could not even find people to ask for a restaurant. On the way we passed LochInver, Alchitibuie and Ullapool. Between these small villages which hardly can be called villages with a house and a half, we found nothing except a dead end road and two lost French Doctors (PhD). We took them to a village and as a reward they bought us a pint of local beer and claimed that they do not like to work (but who does ?) and directed us toward this fish restaurant where we started to write todays blog.
[4 hours later]
The fish and lamb was goooooooood. Expensive though. It costed us fortune, but we are not complaining. Not at all. It is just to mention that it was expensive. Really expensive. If you want to have a cheap meal you better catch some fish or hunt a sheep, which is not that hard. Going for a meal in this place is not recommended if your second name is not Rothschild.
Now we are at a Youth Hostel at Torridon. It is a great chain of hostels and if you are planning to travel cheap in Scotland go for it. Yesterday we had three snoring guys in our room so we hardly slept, but we are not complainging. Not at all. Really, twelve persons in a room is not that much. Not at all. Especially if three of them are snoring and three children taking piss of their silly jokes. Hope this night would be better.
Good Night.
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