Sunday, September 10, 2006

Venison and cranberry pie

Right-oh all, get your maps out... now.

Over the last few days we've been along the east coast of Scotland to John O'Groats (not much there, but at least we can say we've been there) and along the top, past the Castle of Mey (the late Queen Mum's Scottish residence - we didn't visit) and eventually to the amazingly situated youth hostel at Achmelvich. There's actually a sandy beach there and Tat went for a swim, if only for a couple of strokes either way as the water was rather cold. Very [Tat].

On the whole the weather over the last couple of days has been splendid - sunny and with little wind; we get quite hot in the car.

Today we left Achmelvich and, after buying some extraordinary pies at the Lochinver Larder (the pie shop) set off the very long way around for Kyle of Lochalsh. B&P MUST visit Lochinver for the pies: salmon, pork, wild boar, venison... delicious!

Today's drive, while over many single-lane roads was well worth it as we saw some amazing scenery, including lots of geology :-) - you can't escape it here and it's arresting.

Tonight, rather than Kyle of Lochalsh, we are staying at Ratagan (check your maps) as it is smaller and quieter (we hope) and in the morning we will set off for Glasgow, via Loch Lomond ("Oh, ye'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low road...") and Helensburgh to see the Mackintosh-designed Hill House.

2 Comments:

Blogger Niki said...

Mmmmm....pies! (oh, and scenery, and castles and geology and stuff) But....mmmmm...pies!
Sounds gorgeous - I'm feeling envious.
We had our concert last night (Schutz Musikalische Exequien with LOTS of solos) and now we can really focus on our tour!

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Blogger Leiah Bowden said...

Ohhh, here I was looking for a recipe for venison and cranberry pie because I loved it so much last year when I, too, had a heavenly lunch at the Lochinver Larder (followed by their insanely delicious Pavlova) ..and no recipe, just your lovely rave. Oh, well, nice to find a fellow admirer.

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