Second breakfast alongside Loch Carron.
The weather had returned to blue sky and gorgeous and all was wonderful until the last 4 or 5 miles as I wound down steep narrow roads. Thankfully they contained the usual passing places but on more than one occasion I thanked all the Gods and Goddesses that I had never attempted this road in Bill because I would have hated it - even in the diminutive little Blue Bus I found myself "breathing in" at times as worried-looking tourists squeezed past whilst going up a very steep hill.
It is a well known fact, of course, that breathing in makes your car or van less wide, as does clenching every muscle controlled by the somatic nervous system.
At times there were gorgeous vistas but this was not a road I was pausing on to take pictures!
And suddenly, the road opened out and I was rewarded with Plockton which, on a day under a fluffy-cloud-blue-sky looked like something out of a film set and even more delicious than I remembered. I may have spent hours and hours just wandering around enjoying the location and quickly forgot the drive to get there. Happily I used a different road to leave (the one I should have come in on - I'll know for next time).
This terrace of houses have their gardens across the road:
Across a small causeway:
Small but very interesting visitor centre:
It was a gorgeous day and I would like to go back but with so many places I want to revisit and so many new locations to explore I currently have no idea how to fit it all in.
Lol I’m very familiar with the ‘breath In and we will pass comfortably’ action….works with town driving as well as country 😊
ReplyDeleteJust catching up with your trip, so much history and beautiful scenery….a trip to remember definitely.
Cheers Cathy, glad you are enjoying riding along with me :-)
DeleteOh you saw some absolutely spectacularly gorgeous scenery - worth the squeaky bum drives? I should think so! Lovely photos, thanks. It's been a few years now since our last trip to Scotland and I'd almost forgotten how beautiful it is. Sadly, I doubt we'll get to go again, so thank you for all the images.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sue, I did not set out to record so much of the trip but I seem to be creating quite a record for myself (to look back on on those long winter nights). I am glad you are enjoying peeping over my shoulder as you do not expect to visit again.
DeleteLovely photo's, I had a mini when my girls were small and we often drove along a winding road to a beach, often we saw big vehicles coming the other way, I always told the girls to breath in as we passed, it worked for us, never knocked anything.
ReplyDeleteThank you Marlene. It wasn't that this particular road was smaller than others I had already done miles & miles on, but this mostly went through a wooded area so you couldn't see what was ahead. It was more like driving in Devon, which is often not at all pleasant.
DeleteOh gosh yes, you HAVE to breathe in on tight passing places AND duck under low bridges ... it's the law. :-)
ReplyDeleteI had forgotten about ducking under low bridges. And probably height barriers although Blue Bus and I have not tried any yet.
DeleteJust glorious!
ReplyDeleteI am familiar with the breathing in technique. It definitely works. X
{chuckle}, there seem to be a lot of employing techniques which are not in the Highway Code!
DeletePlockton looks gorgeous. Wasn't that the location for Hamish Macbeth? It looks really familiar. I need to go and Google it! xxx
ReplyDeletePlockton is a beautiful little village and I definitely saw it on a fabulous day. Never watched Hamish Macbeth but I am not surprised because the village really does look like a TV location.
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