Hunting for Nessie

We made a few stops on the way up, one of which is really close to Dells heart, that being the Commando Monument, a statue dedicated to the soldiers and those who have lost their life while serving in the forces. It was a lovely monument, up on a little hill with an amazing outlook over the valleys and mountains, an amazing calm spot to be. From here you can also see Ben Nevis, the largest mountain in the United Kingdom.

After this we kept driving until we got to… LOCH NESS!

One can not come to the Scottish Highlands and NOT make the effort to stop and attempt to spot Nessie. There was one stage where we thought we may have observed the mythical beast, but it turned out to be nothing but a blade of bent grass, none the less, it was a Kodak moment and a picture was snapped accordingly. Loch Ness is really rather large, it took a good time to drive around it, and it was made a slower trip thanks to the million of other tourists, all of which seemed to love to pull caravans behind there little cars, particularly annoying when your driving up hill I’m sure you’ll agree!

After these two sites down and ticked off the list we kept on driving, though it seems we never got too far before having to stop again as the scenery here is just so amazingly, breath taking, stunningly gorgeous. We could never tire of looking at such amazing natural beauty and all you could here in the car was a “WOW!” or “CHECK THAT OUT!” every few minutes as we all sat in awe of the beauty around us.

We made a quick stop at a little waterfall that we came across, and like everything else in the Scottish Highlands, was beautiful.

It took awhile to get to Ullapool and night fall was slowly creeping up as we arrived. We tried for a B&B or two, but again the entire town seemed to be taken and full, no real surprise, it’s a gorgeous little town. Dell suggested we first go and have a feed then tackle the job of accommodation on a full tummy and clear head, this did sound like a fine idea, so off we went to a seafood restaurant that he had frequented last time he was up this way.

The restaurant was nice, but it was the staff who so lovely that everything seemed to be that touch nicer with them there with their welcoming and warm service. They were very friendly and even remembered Dell from his last visit AND, they were so lovely that despite the fact that they only had a 3 bed room left, they gave it to us saying that it was no problem that a mattress be made up for a 4th. No other hotel or B&B we came across was willing to do that for us on this trip, so we were very thankful and very impressed.

You could not fault the food, the service or the hospitality that this lovely little family run restaurant/motel supplied, they really made us feel at home and we were so thankful!

After dinner and a few drinks Luke and I went back to the hotel room to shower and chill out for a bit while Chris and Dell head off to discover the area around us, coming across a little fishing port and a pub where they stopped for a pint before returning home for a good nights sleep!

written by  Chris and Emily on August 16, 2009 from Ullapool, United Kingdom
from the travel blog: Europe 2009
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