The weather forecast had not been great for today, in fact heavy rain was meant to have swept in from the west by lunch - but currently it's 5pm and we have had very little rain. Can't believe that we have been so lucky!
So today we drove south to Plockton via Braemore, Gairloch, Kinlochewe and Eilean Donan Castle, which I believe is known as the Wester Ross Scenic Route. Well worth the extra 40 miles / 1 hour that it took to get to Eilean Donan Castle, especially as the sun was shining most of the way down.
We stopped at the Castle about 12.05pm for lunch and a look round, which was admission money well spent. Eilean Donan Castle was quite derelict until 1912 when a 20 year restoration plan was commenced and the end result is quite fantastic.
A further 10 miles and we were in Plockton at 1.30pm, a small village sitting at the end of Loch Carron, with our hotel sitting on the waterfront, palm trees et al and a beautiful view up the loch. Particularly so since the forecast bad weather has not arrived as yet. A drive of 132 miles today wasn't too bad.
We had dinner in the hotel - great food and a place I would definitely recommend both to stay and eat.
A few photos of our journey down here are undernoted.
Loch Ewe near Gairloch
Janet at Eilean Donan Castle
View from our room at The Plockton Hotel
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