Jubilee Weekend in Ullapool

Davie and Chanel have just spent the last week in the cottage because it has been their May holiday. They have had good weather, getting even better towards the end of the week, and seem to have enjoyed themselves very much. 

We drove up to Ullapool yesterday to join them for their last evening, and we had an excellent time. They helped us to put up our Jubilee decorations (mainly bunting and balloons) and enticed Flora from her default position when she arrives in Ullapool, which is underneath our bed. She was clearly pleased to see them and ventured downstairs to socialise with us. However she wasn’t too happy when I donned a cardboard Corgi face mask; she hissed and arched her back! I felt guilty for scaring her, but I genuinely hadn’t thought that the mask (another Jubilee accoutrement) would fool her into thinking that I really was a dog. Davie and Chanel had tried it out on Tom earlier and he had been only mildly perturbed. We also had a cardboard mask of the Queen; this did not bother the cats at all. They are such monarchist cats!

We went for dinner at the Arch Inn where the service was much more efficient than last year, and the food was very good. James and I had intended to treat Davie and Chanel to dinner but when we went to pay we found out that they had already settled the bill! It was so kind of them. 

Back at the cottage we stayed up late chatting and some of us had some whisky, and it was a fun and convivial evening. 

This morning before Davie and Chanel set off for their eight hour drive back to Manchester, the four of us strolled down to Tea by the Sea and sat outside in the glorious sunshine drinking coffee and eating cakes. It was idyllic.