Back to the Mainland and Farewell to Scotland

We said farewell to the Hebrides early one morning and headed back to the mainland on a ferry. This was a large ferry and had special features such as shops, a bar and a pokies room. I gave the Desert Rat £1 to play on the pokies at 7.15am. By 7.16am he had lost his money and we settled in for the journey to Ullapool.

After having 10 or so days of glorious weather (apart from the gale force winds on Lewis), we were welcomed back to driving rain – that was the Scotland we knew and loved!! However, we didn’t let it stop us and we spent the day driving around the Assynt and Coigach areas. Not only did we have a couple of the best pies ever in Lochinver, we also got to see some absolutely stunning scenery.

The next day we headed back down to Edinburgh and begin the next part of our journey – Malta.