Scottish Islands Explorer 41: Jan / Feb 2017

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House on the Point - Ullapool House on the Point - Ullapool Jack Palfrey experienced pleasures in all directions This is bed-and-breakfast accommodation with several distinctive differences. It’s in a house with bedrooms with views in three directions. e North Room looks along Loch Broom to the Summer Isles and can command great sunsets. e West faces across the loch to the iconic white house at Altnaharrie - a residence that seems cut off from the rest of the world. I was in the South Room and thoroughly enjoyed the movements on the loch, whether tidal flows, passing clouds reflected, boats coasting, ships cruising or ferries plying. The house is the ultimate one of Ullapool Point, indeed a turning point, where the quayside road ends. One word can be used in its full and expressive sense - ‘idyllic’. e reality, however, is also attractive for within a hundred yards there is a fine inn, the ferry terminal, shops, restaurants, cafes, banks and tourist information. It is all so much part of a place that is a hub. To the west is Stornoway, served by CalMac’s most recent member of its fleet, MV Loch Seaforth. e Western Isles are now accessed quicker and some turbulence is off-set by modern ship technologies. e hinterland extends to the north, getting less and less populated as Assynt and Coigach merge into North West Sutherland and on to that ultimate point, Cape Wrath. e A835 crosses open country to the east by Loch Glascarnoch, to Strathpeffer, Dingwall and Inverness. To the south is Wester Ross with Loch Ewe, Gairloch and Applecross among many places calling out to be visited. Not only do the rooms have views, they are spacious with stylish decors. Travellers’ needs are provided with features that make storage easy. Breakfasts, served in the rooms, are appetising, filling and healthy. I particularly liked the way in which the table served dining requirements and an office function. Wifi is there to bring the internet world to the side of Loch Broom. So here is a place for pleasure as well as for business. What matters above all is that Angus Bruce and his wife, Jill, are there to welcome you, provide directions for touring and / or walking and, if required, to give coaching and advice about photography - for his work is acclaimed and has appeared on the pages of this magazine. Opportunities abound at the Point and around Ullapool. JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2017 SCOTTISH ISLANDS EXPLORER 13
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