We still haven’t booked anywhere for our two week long holiday in May. We’ve been more organised over the previous few years and had everything arranged by this time. Of course, this has been quite easy as we’ve been going to the same place ….Achmelvich in Assynt. It is very tempting to once again book one of the caravans at the little ‘Hillhead’ site there. It is stunningly beautiful, very quiet and surrounded by amazing hills and mountains.
We have though, now walked many of these hills, Suilven, Canisp, Conival, Breabag, Sail Gharbh, Spidean Coinich, Glas Bheinn, Speicin Coinnich, Cul Mor and Cul Beag…..and have started to look further north. We’ve done forays into Sutherland from our base in Achmelvich ….visiting Ben Hope, Ben Kilbreck, Ben Stack, Arkle and Ben Hee, but it’s a bit of a drive each time and so we’re thinking that this year we may try and find some accommodation somewhere in this most northerly part of the mainland. I never mind revisiting hills but at the same time I get a great buzz out of walking somewhere I’ve never been before.
That said of course, we’re leaving it a bit late ….most self catering accommodation is booked quite early and so we may find it difficult to find anything in our price range that is still available for the two weeks in May. I’m going to start searching the web and will contact the Scottish Tourist Board to get one of their brochures and then it’ll be a case of ringing around …no doubt to be told ‘fully booked, you should have booked back last autumn’! We’ve been there before …or not ….and have ended up taking a holiday in a completely different part of Scotland! But the thing about life is ….you have to be flexible, especially when you’re disorganised like Nita and I. Hopefully though, we’ll see the kind of views we got last year from Ben Hee and Arkle. But that’s the thing about Scotland…it really doesn’t matter where you go …it’s nearly all beautiful. Any suggestions?!
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