Eight of us in Ullapool

We were in Ullapool from Tuesday 26th until Saturday 30th, and when Chanel arrived on Thursday evening there were eight of us in the cottage. It was so great to see her. With the new sofa bed in the small bedroom / study as well as the other sofa bed in the living room, and the two bedrooms, everyone had a proper place to sleep. And we had enough chairs to seat everyone around the table comfortably, so it all worked very well. 

We had a lovely time. It was Jamie and Kerry’s first visit to the cottage, and Kerry’s first visit to Ullapool, so it was great to have everyone together. Chanel’s arrival at the end of her school term was delayed by car trouble, and we all appreciated that she managed to make the journey and join us for the last couple of days. 

We had a delicious lunch at the Sea Food Shack on Wednesday and some of the young ones went to Knockan Crag. On Thursday James, Jamie, Ally, Davie, Cat and Kerry climbed Conival and Ben More Assynt, which was quite a big day for them. We spent Friday at Achnahaird Beach, swimming and relaxing, and the boys played with the football and the frisbee. Then we had dinner at Delilah’s, a new restaurant in Lochinver which I have been wanting to try. The food was good but as the bar filled up, the service got a bit slow: it was still a good evening. We all returned to Cambuslang on Saturday where we had a relaxing afternoon in the sunshine followed by a lovely curry. And then on Sunday our young people left two by two; by car to Cornwall (Davie and Chanel), by train to London (Ally and Cat), and finally by plane to Paris before their return to New Zealand (Jamie and Kerry). When we dropped Jamie and Kerry off at Glasgow Airport I felt quite emotional because we won’t see them until next year, but I didn’t feel too bad because it has been so great to see Jamie after all this time.