Isle of Lewis for the Leaving Home exhibition

I was hooked on photographing the inside of croft houses during one of my many trips to Lewis so I was very interested to see the Leaving Home exhibition by John Maher and Ian Paterson.  Unfortunately, it was at the Arts Centre in Stornoway, some way from Taunton, Somerset.  I decided to go and see it so drove up to catch the ferry on 29th December and arrived home on 4th January.  The best B&B in Lochganvich was fully booked so I stayed at the Tower Hotel in Stornoway instead.  Not a patch on Ghinda but adequate and comfortable.  I partook of a lot of hospitality at Ghinda with some delicious meals and a few Scrabble games.  A few snaps below of the trip.

Reservoir between Inverness and Ullapool

Monday and a walk around Stornoway.  This means Peace and Quiet

Lunch at the Woodland Centre and a walk around the Castle grounds

Stornoway

Reflection of Clipper Ranger

Stornoway harbour

View from Castle grounds

Lost glove

Resident heron

A trip to Dal Beg in the rain

Dal Beg

Callanish

One of the seven stags in Peggy's garden (neighbour to Jenny and Murdo)

View from Ghinda

Micky boy on his walk by the loch

The 7am ferry was cancelled on Friday due to the high tides and winds.  Caught the 13.50 - a choppy crossing but not uncomfortable.  Had to book in to Premier Inn at Inverness though as we didn't get into Ullapool until 6 pm.  Easy journey back to Somerset on Saturday.  I managed to see the exhibition (www.leavinghome.co.uk) three times - the trip was definitely worth it.

Off on the usual ski trip with Alpine Bridge on 11th January 2014.