Gairloch

The banks of Loch Maree

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August 17th 2011
The cafe by the harbour in Gairloch has menus in English, Gaelic, French and German. The French version has been elegantly translated by a class in the local school. On the shelf are Japanese, Italian and Russian dictionaries. We shelter here with coffee and mushroom soup. When the weather clears, we buy six langoustines for supper from the back of an estate car on the quayside. Parking at the en ... read more

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