Early next morning, after my lovely day in Ullapool, it was time to get in line for the ferry and cross from Ullapool to Lewis & Harris.
Bye Ullapool – it was a bit of a moody morning. The first part of the journey was pretty similar to my boat trip the day before, the ferry made its way towards the Summer Isles before going towards the Outer Hebrides.
At one point the ferry was accompanied by a school of dolphins.
The first glimpse of Lewis and there was sunshine!
Arrived at Stornoway.
For my 2nd day in Ullapool, I planned a special treat – a boat trip to the Summer Isles. The Summer Isles are a group of small islands lying in the mouth of Loch Broom. Today none of the islands are inhabited, the last inhabited one was Tanera Mòr, which is also the largest one.
Leaving from Ullapool we quickly met the first (of many highlights) seals enjoying a nap.
Shortly afterwards everyone was looking out for sea eagles, we actually saw a tiny one, but I didn´t manage to take a picture but seeing it was more than enough!
Rhue Lighthouse seen from the sea.
The Summer Isles and meeting the first school of Dolphins.
They were a bit shy and didn´t come too close to the boat, our captain told us that this school was still recovering from a traumatic event which happened a few days earlier and we also moved on pretty quickly to not disturb them too much.
The ferry going to Lewis.
And suddenly the next school of dolphins said hello. These weren’t shy at all and played close around the boat.
The dolphins said goodbye and we moved on towards one of the isles.
Turning around and going back to Ullapool.
If you´re ever in Ullapool, I would definitely recommend going on a boat trip, it was a stunning drive and seeing all the wildlife was just amazing.
I´ve arrived in the lovely town of Ullapool and spent my first day here just walking around the town and enjoying the little bit of buzz going on after a very quiet week in Assynt.
Looking out into the north of Scotland and also looking forward to my boat trip to the Summer Isles the next day.
One of the many ferries arriving at Ullapool and two days later it will be my ferry going to Lewis and I was already excited about that!
All the views from Ullapool. The town has a lovely selection of independent shops and cafés. I really liked the Deli and went there twice!
