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Gairloch to Ullapool Weds 1st September
After a day spent in Gairloch, walking the beaches, sampling the local smoked fish for tea, it was time to move north to Ullapool. An oily flat calm day saw us motoring out of the loch, first of all to a spot that the harbour master said was good for mackeral. So we turned the engine off, got the rods out, and within 30 mins had caught 6 mackeral! Chris was really chuffed as he managed to get 3 on one haul - not bad for someone who hasn't been fishing since he was a 'wee lad'!!! So with tea sorted, we headed north!
It was again absolutely stunning scenery, and although to get to Ullapool, its a 10 mile haul up Loch Broom, the Summer Isles and the surrounding hills are lovely to look at on the way past! The wildlife eluded us again, with only the porpoise showing themselves, along with an occasional seal. I was disappointed that Chris didn't get to see anything more exciting.
We arrived at the new visitor moorings in Ullapool just as it started to rain, so after we had sorted tea out, we didn't go ashore, but instead sampled some more of the whisky out of the bonded stores!