24th December - Mallaig and Morar

Train journey over, we were back in Mallaig in time for lunch in the Fish Market Restaurant, situated at the harbour. Again, great service, friendly staff and delicious homemade tomato soup.

And, after lunch took a stroll along the quayside to watch what little activity there was on that bitterly cold Christmas Eve afternoon.

We decided to explore the Mallaig shops and found ourselves in WayOutWest, a rickety wooden shed, built on stilts, over the harbour and guarded by Ordinary Seaman Jack! It was something of an Aladdin's cave selling outdoor clothing, jewellery, toys and gifts. It was here I decided I needed a warm hat to combat these sub-zero temperatures, so John treated me to a  kuSan hat, which will feature in subsequent chilly blogs!!

The shop across the road furnished us with some Bruichladdich Islay whisky miniatures for John, which we neglected to bring home after our visit to Islay, last year. Then it was off back down the road in little car, until we decided to take a detour and have a closer look at Morar. Once we were off the main road, it was a precarious journey along the lochside on an icy single track road, with steep hills, sharp bends and nowhere to turn - not ideal for an open top sports car - that aside - the location was spectacular!! We didn't go all the way to the jetty at Bracorina, the icy conditions were just too bad. Once we did managed to turn around, we stopped to take advantage of some photo opportunities on the journey back.