Month: June 2023

Gairloch Village

Gairloch Village nestles at the inner end of the loch, and the word Gairloch comes from the Scottish Gaelic for Short Loch. Situated in Wester Ross the village is a thriving, welcoming community of around 600 permanent residents. Dotted around the village are hotels, a nine hole golf course, an excellent museum in a converted …

A Day with Lewis

On a six-month sabbatical from a bus driver’s life in aggressive, intolerant and impatient Oldham (his words), Lewis (not his real name) had taken up the reins of the day tour driver/guide, and when he explained he would not be talking to us while driving the group murmur was favourable and understanding. Off we whizzed …