Inverness was our base for a couple of days while we explored the Highlands and more specifically, the Western Ross area of Scotland. We drove about an hour to the beautiful port town of Ullapool, stopped for tea and scones then continued the long and windy (single lane) road to the North Coast town of Durness.
Loch Broom in Ullapool
Ullapool Scotland
The Highlands are beautiful, clean, wide-open and for a few moments I felt like I could have been in the Rockies driving through Colorado or Wyoming. The streams and lakes are so clear and unpolluted. The air so clean!
Not a bad view, even from the backseat
The cattle were a nice change from all the sheep ~ not that I’m tired of the sheep!
One of my favorite sheep photos ~ worth a repeat
Lovely roads and still two lanes
Along the road to Durness
The one lane begins ~ not as scary as it looks
We saw more than a couple motorcylists on our drive ~ must be thrilling to ride these roads on a bike
Free Range Sheep
Durness Welcome sign
It was a fantastic drive through the Western Ross to Durness ~ we stopped often to enjoy the sights but it would have been nice to have more time to hike the backcountry. I’m going to have to add Western Ross to the “must visit again” list. A list which seems to be growing exponentially. Sure wish travelling were a paying job for me 😉
Displaced Beachbums 