From the Kyle of Tounge to around five miles outside Dornoch, there was not a single petrol garage or village shop, and the scenery unlike the Western Highlands was desolate and barren, like the Denbigh moores on a mamoth scale.
No point in getting annoyed that you forgot a pint of milk in this desolation, as the nearest grocery shop was around 50miles away, down this single track road, the best maintained bit of single track highway ive seen anywhere in the Uk, like a billiard table, no pot holes, and beautifully maintained.
There was no grass growing in the middle, to indicate how infrequent traffic was in this part of the Uk, it was a credit to them Scots.
Maybe it would have been quicker to visit Ullapool, but no, thats 82miles distant, in a southerly direction, down another single track highway.
It took the experienced coach driver nearly 3hrs to drive the road from the Kyle to Dornoch, and he does the route regularly, as he was a local resident, employed by Shearings, so he knew the road well.
Forward planning to get the local shopping in, takes serious consideration, and heaven help you if your car breaks down, or runs out of fuel.
I never tried my mobile phone signal there, what a shame, but if its on par with Mid Wales, around the Llanbrynmair area, it will be non existent.
We did see a regular Tescos delivery van coming towards us, in the middle of nowhere, but i pitty the poor driver who has to accomplish this manouver in the winter months.
There is remoteness and a desolate landscape, that even people living in Inverness cannot comprehend, ive never seen such remote habitation anywhere on the British mainland.
If your the antisocial type, move to the NE area to the west of Dornoch., ive never seen such isolated properties, miles from the nearest shop or family entertainment.