Hill-walking and grass-cutting

After William’s funeral and a purvey at the Burnside Hotel where we paid our respects to Merle and chatted to other members of the family, we went home and quickly got changed ready for our trip to Ullapool. The car was already packed and luckily we managed to capture the cats quickly, and we set off just before 5 p.m. Time was of the essence, because Ally and Cat were going to be joining us for Easter weekend, and we were going to collect them from Inverness airport at 8.20 p.m. As usual there were some clear parts of the journey and some roadworks, but all in all we made good time and arrived at the airport in perfect time to meet Ally and Cat and drive onwards to Ullapool. It was a tight squeeze in the car with people, luggage and cats, but James had packed the car expertly and we were all quite comfortable. When we arrived at the cottage we had a cup of tea together and headed to bed. 
On Friday morning James, Ally and Cat went to climb a Munro, Am Faochagach, near the Aultguish Inn. It stayed mostly dry all day although there was a cold wind on the summit. I walked around the village and got some groceries from Tesco, then I started cutting the grass. The others returned mid afternoon and were suitably amazed by my efforts; I had done about a third of it but was delighted when Ally and then James took over and finished it! Dinner was Lochinver pies with mash, veg and gravy, followed by millionaire’s shortbread from the deli and we watched a programme that Ally and Cat recommended to us called The Studio, which was very funny.