How glad I am to be back in one of my favourite places in the world; Lochinver. We have booked the same holiday cottage beside Highland Stoneware that we stayed in during July 2014 because we really like its comfort and style. Our journey here yesterday was not the best. We hadn't realised that there were so many roadworks on the A9 and we got held up several times. Then the tyre pressure warning light pinged on (like it did when I had a puncture last week). We pulled off the road but none of the tyres looked flat so we drove on cautiously to the nearest garage, which was at Ballinluig, to check the pressures. It was the new tyre that had slightly lower pressure so James sorted it out and we had lunch at the Ballinluig Motor Grill, a well known pit stop popular with HGV drivers, tourists on their way up the A9, and the stalwarts of the hill-walking club. It's nothing fancy but the service was quick and our filled rolls were fine. James is fonder of it than I am, perhaps because he associates it with many happy hill-walking expeditions.
We were very pleased to arrive in Lochinver at last, and as soon as we had unpacked we set off on the familiar walk down through the village to the harbour. We had a hearty tea in the famous Lochinver Pie Shop, which was absolutely delicious. It was a pleasant, warm evening but there were ominous clouds gathering in the west by the time we got back to the cottage; the weather forecast is not good for the north west of Scotland this next week!
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