Wester-Ross Bed and Breakfast Vacation Accommodation, Highlands of Scotland - Things to see and do in and around Loch Ewe, Wester-Ross

Many visitors tell us that Wester-Ross attracts them year after year simply because of its being an oasis of tranquillity in a world increasingly and uncomfortably the opposite. Sometimes walkers and climbers, or fishers of the region’s myriad lochans and lochs say it’s just the wild but accessible Highlands - and the wildlife that inhabits it. Others cite the welcome they receive from those who live here, and the sheer beauty of the place For instance here are a few of Bryan’s paintings, perhaps to whet the appetite.

Within a five minute stroll from Kirkhill bed and breakfast guesthouse there are two hotels with bars and restaurants: the Aultbea and the Drumchork. The village post office and Aultbea Stores are not much further. Along the winding, single track lochside road you’ll find the Sleepy Hollow smokehouse (salmon and other fishy delicacies), and the famous Amora perfumery, shop and licensed café, offering as a bonus some of Wester-Ross’ finest vistas. Six miles south, on the picturesque Wester-Ross Ring Road lies the village of Poolewe. Here there’s the world famous Inverewe Garden, and here in the village Hall, each Tuesday through the season, is the local crafts and produce market at which Pictures and Poems’ prints, cards, calendars etc are on sale. Why not visit the Perfume Studio - Scotland's only working perfume studio at Mellon Charles near Loch Ewe. For meals there’s the great Poolewe Hotel and for snacks, Connie and Mike’s lovely little Bridge Café. Again, throughout the long season there’s a ceilidh each Wednesday; an evening of traditional Scottish music and dancing. Gairloch is a bit further south - twelve miles of glorious off-the-road views from your Kirkhill bed and breakfast guesthouse in fact: shops, golf course, mini golf, a necklace of sandy beaches, visitor centre, Heritage Museum, etc etc. It’s all here for you.

Yes the weather can be just a touch 'variable' and yes, you have to travel right across Scotland to reach the nearest major supermarket. And there are no trains and only one bus to and from Dingwall / Inverness each day and only one post that arrives around late afternoon. And (almost) everything is closed on the Sabbath. But if you find no more problem with such things as do we, come stay with us, Dee and Bryan Islip, at Kirkhill B&B / Guesthouse in Aultbea. See you soon…