After leaving a very wet Durness campsite on Tuesday morning we went back to Cocoa Mountain to get another hot chocolate, and a bag of chocolate for DD, before heading south (well, you can't really drive any further north at that point, only east or south!).
Time to drive a new road, heading away from the coast this time. And what a lovely road!
It took us along the valley for miles, with fabulous scenery ...
We found a spot to park up and set off on a short walk.
And, you've guessed it, it started raining again!
It made for a very interesting landscape at first ....
....before it got worse ....
....and we had to head back to the van. And, as we've had previous nights, a lovely glow at night .....
Very bizarre weather!
Wednesday we carried on further south and parked up for a longer walk (weather permitting!) and set off in brilliant sunshine ....
...only for it cloud over quite soon ....
....but we managed to get to the loch with no rain ...
We had lunch and then it was a straight road back....
....in the rain (after 8 miles of walking we had to give in and get the waterproofs out)
And then a quick drive to park up for the night.
Thursday we headed to Lairg and then the long drive back to our original campsite....
...with weather turning wetter and wetter as we got back to the coast. And yet again, we had a lovely evening sky.
And then we started the long drive home. With a few stops along the way ....
....and back to our original first night spot for a lovely walk - in sunshine!
And a pleasant evening stroll later on ...
.....arriving home eventually yesterday after driving in some of the worst rain and wind we've had in the two weeks we've been away.
So, two weeks in the highlands done for another year. Despite the weather we've had some fabulous walks, got drenched more than once, tasted some delicious local food and driven new roads.
Amazing.
Can't wait to go back ......
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