Beautiful Diabeg

On Sunday, Gerry joined Christine and me for the day, and we set off for a sunny walk to the Kinlochewe nature reserve. We had a pleasant woodland walk to the informative Beinn Eighe visitor centre, where there was a large plaster model of all the mountains in the Beinn Eighe area, upon which Gerry could trace the route of his massive walk on Saturday. Fortified by coffee and scones from the Gorse Bush café back in the village, we set out by car for Shieldaig. It was just as attractive as I remembered, but unfortunately Nanny’s café (highly recommended by Christine and Gerry) was closed (to be fair, they are entitled to a day off!) So at Christine’s suggestion we drove back to Torridon and thence to Diabeg. Christine and Gerry have never been there before and we were all stunned by the beauty of the tiny village. Despite its extremely inconvenient location at the end of a long, twisty and narrow road, I would actually love to have a cottage there! Better still, there was a gorgeous café, Gille Brighde - which is the Gaelic for Oystercatcher - that was definitely not there in my last visit, where the friendly owner, Aart and his wife served us delicious soup and home made bread even though it was close to their closing time. Just as we were enjoying our leek and sweet potato soup, who came strolling in but Ally and Cat, who had just climbed Ben Alligin. They had (wrongly!) thought that they could drive via Diabeg to Gairloch. What a lovely treat to run into them by chance in such a remote and beautiful location. We all had a walk around the harbour and took photos, before embarking on the winding 19 km journey back to Kinlochewe.