We came back from the campervan holiday & I went back to work for a week and 2 days and then we headed off on another holiday. This time is was me, C, S, L, dog D & dog O (who is another guide dog puppy we’re boarding just now) with the tent to Arisaig on the West Coast.
We had a lovely time and the weather was gorgeous as you’ll see below. C & I have been to the campsite before. Its pretty basic but as its right on the beach you can’t complain. There were loads of people there who clearly go every year & see each other there every year. They were all from the east end of Glasgow & we were clearly a novelty! 3 women, 1 child, 2 guide dog puppies. Questions clearly going through the mind of our neighbours included:
“which one/ones does the child belong to?”
“what is the relationship between these 3 women?”
“Why does the child not seem to own a Kappa tracksuit?”
“How come none of them are eating pot noodle?”
That sounds terribly classist doesn’t it but I don’t mean any offence by it. We were clearly 2 very different groups of people but that didn’t stop L playing with the kids or us chatting to the grown ups, it was just clear that we were a bit of an alien concept!
This was the view from our tent
We visited Glenfinnan & I improved my Scottish History by learning more about what happened the year before Culloden (which I’d learnt about on the previous holiday). This is also where the viaduct featured in the Harry Potter film is. C & I did the train trip last time we were there but funds were tighter this time.
We also had a paddle in Loch Shiel.
We saw a lovely big boat (or is it a ship? what’s the difference anyway?) go through the locks near Fort William. This is the opposite end of the Caledonian Canal to the set we saw at Fort Augustus in Holiday Part 1.
The weather was hot & sunny so our day on the beach could easily have been on a Caribbean island don’t you think?
Even S succumbed to Crocs despite saying she’d never own a pair, (hers are the rather naked looking pair with no Jibbitz).
We took the boat to Eigg for the day which was as lovely as last time. I took the sea sickness pills and wore some travel bands in order that I didn’t have a repeat of the sea sickness that I has when we were in Australia. I can declare success!
We saw some seals on the way out
went exploring
Did a David Livingston impression after taking a wrong turning
and saw a basking shark from the boat on the way back
We finished off the holiday with a gorgeous sunset.
Can’t beat it.
Again, more pics here
here we go again 