Catching Up

We have had a lovely week in Ullapool. Last Tuesday Alison & Hugh came through to visit us and have lunch, and we went for a walk around the village to look at the new building works at the front. The road at the front (Shore Street) is being widened. I have my doubts about this because I feel that the current narrow road, although inconvenient at busy times, limits the speed of the traffic because the cars have to negotiate around each other. I hope that this new wider road does not encourage speeding, but all the local people seem very happy about it so what do I know? It was great to see Alison and Hugh; we haven’t seen them since Hugh and Lucy’s wedding so we had lots to talk about. 

On Wednesday afternoon I drove back down to Cambuslang and stayed there overnight because I was meeting Libby, Maggie, Wendy and Helen in Ardrossan on Thursday lunchtime. A long way to go for a lunch, but it had been arranged before our trip to Ullapool was definite, and I don’t mind a drive. And indeed we had a convivial and delightful lunch at Cecchini’s, and it was absolutely great to catch up with the girls. I set off for the five hour drive back north to Ullapool at about half past three and was pleased to find that it was an easy, pleasant journey with no hold-ups. I listened to an audiobook during the drive and stopped at Perth Marks & Spencer’s to do a small grocery shopping and have a bite to eat in the café. I stopped again at Inverness Tesco to pick up a few items that I had forgotten, and it was a good opportunity to stretch my legs. I arrived back in (Ullapool) in the dark just before 10 pm. The roads had been fairly quiet on my drive but it was interesting to see various large vehicles carrying diggers and other building equipment, and wide loads of building supplies all being moved around the Highland roads in the twilight and darkness. I presume that it’s a quieter and better time to transport them, but it was strange to see; I didn’t realise that all of this goes on in the evenings.