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Advice — Travel times to Orkeney & Lewis?

suave harv S
suave harv Jul 19, 2004 07:42:21
Replying to goffik

> - I'm tempted now to try for Callanish as well! How long was the drive from there to Scrabster?

Boarded the 7am ferry at Lewis, got off the ferry at Ullapool about tenish. . arrived in Scrabster about 2.30. I thought it would take longer. . ended up hanging 'round Thurso for a few hours (which is a bit of a dump). Ullapool in a nice place though.. stopped at the Ferryboat Inn, cheap and right by the ferry. Had a nice time in Ullapool.
Lewis is sparse mate. . there's NOTHING there once out of Stornoway. I found one shop in Calanais, it was open 10-2!!! just a converted garage. The woman said it's the only shop for miles!!

By the way, the trip cost me £300 in ferry fares alone!

R rocknicker
rocknicker Jul 19, 2004 08:08:32
Replying to suave harv

<bastard thing dumped my first post>

Nothing on Lewis? eh? Well I suppose there are not many tourist shops but that's a good isn't it??
I wish I'd had more time to spend on the beaches and wildness - I want to see Harris close-up.

You might mean there's not much megalithic about Lewis - well I suppose it's less in-your-face...
After speaking to Margaret I got the feeling there was nothing BUT megalithness about the place.

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