Balmacara Hotel to Inverewe Gardens to Gairloch
Inverewe Gardens, The Impossible Garden Today we will be leaving the Kyle of Lochalsh and the Balmarcar Hotel located on Loch Alsh and heading to Inverewe Gardens near Poolewe. But not before we enjoy the amazing sunrise that greeted us this morning. It was so spectacular that a lot of us left our breakfast tables to run outside to take pictures before it faded. Driving though Lochcarron and a President comes into view. We make a comfort/coffee stop at Nanny's in Shieldag, Wester Ross-one of THE BEST scones I've had so far. Once we're refueled with second breakfast, we take a stroll around town. Shieldag "herring bay" was founded as a training ground during the war against Napoleon then later became a fishing village. Driving through Torridon we see a herd of deer grazing. We take a quick photo stop at Loch Torridon and see some of the mussel farms (the lines in the bay, bottom right). We can see a few "beads' of leftover snow from last week's sn...