A Day in Stornoway

We caught the 11:30am bus from Tarbert to Stornoway £6 return ticket which takes exactly an hour pasted rolling hills sprinkled with sheep, wee to huge lochs, a mini forest that appeared out of nowhere and disappeared behind a mountain range. Through and near little gatherings of houses that were spread quite far apart cept for a little village that I do not know the name of. The weather was lovely today 20C with a cool breeze through the air upon arrival we were dropped off near a busy little market that was made up of about 10 stalls. Ethnic food smells wafting in the air Danny and I gravitated towards the cheese stand and ended up buying chilli and lime, sticky toffee cheese and herbs and onion all we got to taste test. If you ever see a curry madras cheese by all means buy it, soo tasty.

From there we wandered around the town looking for a Thai Cafe restaurant that I read about in trip adviser the day before. When we walked up to the door the door the sign read closed but there were people already eating their afternoon meal, so we went in to order. The food arrived quickly and I thoroughly enjoyed my duck red coconut curry with vegetables with a side of steamed rice that I could not finish.

After our meal we went off to cross off the things on our list that we had planned to finish by the time we got back on the bus back to Tarbert. Not even 2 minutes away from the restaurant, found a barbershop and  for just £4 I got a hair cut from a lady that had travelled all around the world. She instantly guessed where I was from and had a lovely conversation during my hair cut. What a bargain.

Danny needed work shoes so that was the next big hunt in town we entered a shop I didn't catch the name but it was near the tourist information that sold mostly clothes and nick-nacks next door. This is where we got the best customer service in a long time, the lady ran to the back where ever that was grabbing all sorts of shoes she was super helpful. Thank you lady at the unknown shop you were lovely. We picked up all the things that we wanted and even a mini french press so Danny and i can have coffee made the real way. Instant coffee just doesn't do.

Lastly, I wanted to find some non dairy milk since they only sold soya at the shop near our house off to the big Tesco. They had almond milk, coconut milk and rice milk I am so pleased and they were on sale no less. We didn't get the chance to visit the museum, art gallery and the Lews castle (since it was under renovations) but there will be a next time. Stornoway is a great place and I am sure that we will be back.