Rob-n-Hild Take the High Road!

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Aultbea Off to see Kerry and Nick. We drove 37.2 km in 50 minutes and got to max elevation of 142 metres

Before setting off rom our B&B in Gariloch, Rob sat one more time in "his" Poang chair. The IKEA design of chair is what we had in Ottawa before. Very familiar.

We also said a quick good bye to the B&B dog, Seth. Such a cute and snuggly Border Collie.

In Aultbea Kerry and Nick met us at the easy-to-find hotel so they could escort us to their not-so-easy-to-find house. Hild and Kerry were so excited to see eachother again - try to remember last time we met. It could have been 1981, but the jury's still out. Hild had not met Nick before. And Rob had not met either of them before. Now we were set to catch up on years lost.

Nick and Kerry took us to one of their favourite beaches nearby: Mellon Udrigle Beach. It was a blustery day with the odd bit of rain. Others seemed to ignore the weather and were swimming off the beach anyway.

We climbed up onto the rocks along the beach and got a bit of cardio exercise while enjoying the view of Mellon Udrigle Cove. Such a wonderful place to live near.

Back at their house, the chit chat went on and on so that we could catch up on family past and present goings-on. Kerry brought out various Norwegian items she has. One was a souvenir dish from Rygnestad Tunet, a museum neigbouring the farm where Hild grew up.

She also showed a traditional carved wooden cake box made by Hild's dad, Olav, for Anne and Gilbert's wedding anniversary.

Embarrassingly she also showed us a chopping board Hild once had made for Kerry when she visited Norway. Hild clearly did not inherit any of Olav's wood-working skills!

We also stopped by the Boom Beach on Loch Ewe. It was still blustery and we sat snuggly inside their car enjoying the view and eating ice cream. And, of course, chatting lots!

We learnt that Loch Ewe history includes local people's efforts during Second World War. The loch was a base for the Arctic convoys. Ships from here provided supplies to Russia along what Churchill described as "the worst journey in the world".

It is called Boom Beach because there was a boom during the war used to prevent submarines from entering Loch Ewe. Flares attached to buoys would go off if a submarine was silly enough to try to get through.

We settled in for an evening of haggis, eton mess, and more catching up.

Coming up: Aultbea

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