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AT THE HEAD OF THE LOCH

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Day1 Saturday 26th June 2022 Another trip to the west, but a bit further west than normal. We were off to Harris and Lewis with Sandra, Chris and Blue for a week. We had a lovely start - glorious, warm sunshine for our drive from Inverness to Ullapool to catch the 1030 ferry to Stornoway. Ullapool was looking good in the sun, as always. The ferry was on the other side of the pier and we would soon be off. Everything went well and we were soon underway, heading along Loch Broom and west to the open sea. It wasn't too long until we were leaving the mainland in our wake. After a cup of tea, a Lorne sausage roll and a bit of a cruise, we were waiting for the ferry doors to open and let us back out into the sunshine. After picking up our groceries from a very busy click and collect Tesco in Stornoway, we drove south to our house called Ceann an Loch at the very head of Loch Erisort near Balallan. Balallan is said to be the longest village in the Hebrides, being 4 miles from end to end. ...