A beautiful start to the day, a little overcast but warm. We started with a delightful breakfast - homemade porridge with fresh fruit, followed by scrambled eggs (fresh from the cottages hens) and local made seeded sourdough toast, and green tea. I was so full, ready for a big day of walking. On recommendations from John, we decided our plan for the day.

We headed north to Stac Pollaidh only 15min away from the cottage and rated in AllTrails as 'hard', 2.5miles and 1,496ft gain. There was plenty of parking and only a handful of cars when we arrived. The path was immediately steep as we commenced the trail through some initial trees, then it opened as we continued to climb. The views just got increasingly impressive the further we went. At one place we stopped to allow a hiker passed on his way down, and had a brief conversation - he started early not sure about the weather or number of hikers today. There was a group of three guys in front of us, whom we passed as they stopped for a rest, then they passed us not long after, we leap-frogged a couple of times on our way up.

Kelly took the lead from about half way up, and I paused when I needed as some of the track became quite steep and my short little legs got a real workout. I could really feel my calf muscles working and by the time I reached the top my legs were a little jelly-like, but recovered quite quickly. Not long after we reached the peak, took our photos of the almost 360 degree views feeling like we were on top of the world, and started to look at the path options for the rest of the circular track. The three guys arrived, and we decided to ask them, as two had done the hike before. We also had a lovely chat with them.

We chose to take the route that wasn't scrambling over rocks across the peak, and continued our circular trail around the other side of Stac Pollaidh back to the start. The wind picked up and was a bit chilly, but by the time we came around the other side of the peak we were protected from the wind and warmed up again. Coming down was filled with more amazing views and steep tracks of rocks and gravel.

We completed the 2.5mile trail in just under 2 hours.

From here we headed off further north to Dunes Achnadhaird beach. A short easy walk across grassy dunes to the yellow sand beach was lovely. Once on the beach I took off my socks and shoes and enjoyed the sand between my toes. I even put down my backpack on the rocks and enjoyed a little walk in the refreshing water. Our stop at the little beach was a nice opportunity to keep our muscles moving after our intense hike.

We continued our drive around Coigach, stopping at the Port a Bhaigh campsite and shop for a cheeky icecream and rest. Then on through Polbain and Achiltibuie enjoying the views across to the Summer Isles, one of which has recently bought by a Fortune 500 guy - Tanera More. He also bought Dunes Achnadhaird for a cool 2.7mil and donated it to the community.

We stopped at the lovely Fisk Gallery in Polbain (recommended by John, our host). All the items in the gallery are made in the gallery or from local artist, with nothing made any further than 12 miles from the gallery. Many of the items can only be bought here, so are very unique. I feel in love with the jewellery made by Cathy Holms, all made using ancient and traditional techniques in silver, bronze, copper and enamel. So, I bought myself a beautiful bracelet.

We headed home after browsing in the Gallery.

After a short walk hour walk from the Cottage, we headed into Ullapool, filled up the car with petrol, collected a couple of items from Tesco then order pizza from Oat and Grain. We went back to the Cottage and sat in the sun lounge enjoying the view and our very delicious pizzas and hazelnut cannoli.