Every year for my birthday, my best friend and I like to go somewhere different. Last year it was Euro Disney and Paris for the weekend, this year we decided on a camping trip in our homeland. We asked around, trying to pick the perfect part of Scotland to visit, neither of us is into hill walking so that wasn’t a factor, actually that’s the understatement of the year, we hate it! Physical exercise is not what we do on holiday. I can appreciate a beautiful scene but I don’t want to endure pain to do it. Perhaps it’s because I was forced to walk a Monroe with an ingrown toenail whilst at school, or maybe I’m just lazy!Anyway, we settled on Applecross, it’s a gorgeous place on the west coast, looking onto the Isle of Skye. The clincher in this decision was that there was an award-winning pub called the Applecross Inn where we could get fresh seafood right beside the campsite. We had squat lobster cocktail and a ½ pint of fresh prawns for a starter, and then the traditional fish and chips for a main, all washed down with delicious cider. The perfect birthday dinner! The Inn had a great atmosphere with locals and travelers all tucking into its delicious food, and the owners couldn’t have been nicer.
Applecross was beautiful and on the drive home we stopped at Eilean Donan Castle to take in one of the most iconic views of Scotland. I loved this trip; it definitely made me appreciate the beauty of my own country again, although that might be mainly because we were very lucky with the weather!
