Local Things to
do
You like Sailing ? Lochbroom
Sailing Club by the Wee Pier in Ullapool welcomes visting
sailors
Dinghy
sailing - Lochbroom
You like Swimming ? Visit our
excellent 25m pool and the Sauna
No bathers ? No worries - hire some at the pool
You like Walking ? There can be few
places with so many beautiful walks for you to
enjoy - anywhere on earth !!
Check them out at Ullapool and District walks :
http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/ullapool/
Organised walking
(and other tours)?
Daily Tours and
Walks from Ullapool. http://www.pointnorthwest.co.uk
Tour, walk, explore, discover, enjoy our wildlife,
landscapes and history.
You
like Fishing ? Plenty of shores
and rocks for sea fishing or bring a boat !
Fly
fishing for brown trout is available, and
inexpensive, on many local
lochs. Salmon fishing
is also available but a bit more expensive.
Well
to remember that West Coast rivers are spate rivers
- no
spate - no salmon !!
Trout fishing on Loch Cam
Fine catch
of brownies
You like sub aqua diving ? We have the
clearest and cleanest waters in the UK -
an
underwater wonderland. Best to bring an air supply.
In
emergency air can be obtained from Daryl Campbell,
of
Ullapool Diving Club (01854 612383)
You like watching wildlife ? Red Deer, Sitka
deer, Roe Deer, Pine Martens, Rabbits, Foxes,
Badgers, Grey seals, Common Seals, Sea otters,
Harbour porpoises, dolphins, Orca, etc all found in the
area
Red Deer in winter .
Young Red deer
Hind
Young
Red Deer stag - 'in velvet'
Otter at
Ardmair (photo D.
Underwood)
Young
Common Seal
You like Tennis ?Two good hard
courts at the leisure Centre and if its
raining - short tennis is available in the gym
(+
Badminton, weight training etc etc !)Forgotten
your gear - no worries its available for
hire at the Leisure Centre !
You like Golf ? A new,
professionally laid out 9 hole, par 70, course and
the
Ullapool Golf Club is
waitingto welcome
you .
(photos
Ullapool Golf Club)
(Single, daily and weekly tickets are available)
Or
try the
Durness Golf Course(about 65 miles
- 108 km - North) the most
Northerly Golf Course on UK mainland
You like Photography ? The
opportunities are limitless - can you even imagine
anywhere more
photogenic than the Western Highlands
You like Sandy Beaches ?
Choose
from
Badenscalie,
Mellon Udrigle beach
(photo
Richard Fisher)
Gruinard Bay, Clashnessie, Achmelvich,
Sandwood Bay, Balnakiel, Durness and dozens of
fine shingle beaches within easy reach
of
Ullapool
Durness
Beach (Photo D.
Underwood)
You like Birdwatching ? Golden eagles,
Hen harriers, Buzzards, Red Kites, Peregrine
Falcons, Herons, Shags, Cormorants, Razorbills,
Guillemots, Skuas, Fulmers, Puffins, Great Northern
Divers, Black Throated Divers, Kittiwakes and
Gulls of all sorts and in large numbers
Razorbills
Puffins (photo John
Smith)
Don't Forget your Binoculars !!
You like Climbing ?
Stac
Polaidh in Autumn
Bienn Ghobhlach, An Teallach, Ben Mohr Coigach,
Suilven, Cul
Mor, Cul Beag, Canisp, etc etc
and that's just for starters !! To see some more
of the beautiful mountains of NW Scotland visit
the website of the
Ullapool basedwalking
group NW Frontiers (http://www.nwfrontiers.co.uk)
Woodlands and
Ullapool are just waiting
to welcome you to our wonderful
area
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