This last bank holiday my Husband and I took an opportunity to visit a potential house site located in Lewis....up in a far flung corner of Scotland. The Isle of Lewis is a part of the Outer Hebrides and getting there is no mean feat, a flight from London to Inverness is followed by a short but slightly scary flight over to Stornoway. Once you are there however you are flung into a different world....there are few places more opposite than London!
The outer Hebrides are quiet, peaceful and remote, thankfully when we were there the sun was shining and then there is nowhere more beautiful. The house site is located on the Isle of Lewis, overlooking the beautiful Loch Shiphoirt to the south and we are hoping to submit a planning application to the local authority within the next 3 months. Fingers crossed it all goes to plan!
Whilst in the outer Hebrides we visited the wonderful Luskentyre beach, one of the finest in the world and spent plenty of time watching the sheep roaming around with their new lambs. The island life is summed up best on Sunday when everything closes, even the distillery! We took the opportunity to enjoy the nature and visit a couple of the wonderful honesty shops that are open 24 hours a day, a evening in watching the waves crashing into the headland with a peat fire burning in the corner and hearing nothing but the wind whistling and sheep bleating outside is the perfect remedy to our usually hectic London life!
