Hailstones

After a mild start to the year, the weather has turned much colder and we have had some snow in Ullapool, and much more higher up on top of the hills. We have also had a lot of very noisy hail, battering on the windows. When James and I were out for a walk this morning the hailstones were actually quite painful on my face when we turned into the wind. Ullapool is almost completely closed; there are only two hotels open and a few shops. I went for a lovely walk yesterday up the hill to the end of the road to the lighthouse, there were beautiful views to the summer isles with big moody clouds moving fast across the sky, bringing freezing showers which passed quickly. 

Ally and Cat arrived yesterday afternoon and it’s lovely to see them. The cats were very excited to see them and seemed amazed to meet them here! They are hoping to do some winter walking if the weather improves. For now we are cosy in the cottage and this evening we played the board game Catan which was great fun - even James joined in!