We left the Glenshiel site and drove further north. We stopped just outside Lochcarron village and went for a walk up an old "coffin road". It passed a ruined cleared settlement, then went up to a viewpoint over Loch Carron.
It was about 5 km and came down off the hills into the village itself, where we bought some carrot cake in the local store.
The next part of the road journey was over the Bealach na Bà ('pass of the cattle') on the Applecross peninsula. This road has the highest climb of any in the UK, going from sea level to 626 metres in 6 km. We stopped a couple of times for the views, but had no problem coping with the single track road.
We'd booked into Applecross campsite, so went straight there and set up.
It was still lovely weather so we went for a walk round the local area. There are amazingly friendly red deer just roaming around the place, sometimes on the beach.
We also visited the walled garden of Applecross House.
We sat outside at the Applecross Inn with a pint as the weather was so nice. It was very reasonably priced compared to the last place we'd been to.
Later we had tuna pasta with tomato.
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