Lots to do in little Ullapool.

Harbour day two out of two in Ullapool was filled with most of things you can imagine doing in Scotland.

After setting up, waders, cyclops, hooves and water-binoculars were torn out of the trunk in cabin 5. Then all the nature-students gathered on the dock to go united as a troop towards the beach next to the harbour. By then, the clock was around 8.30 which ment that the tide was high. At first, most of us found it a bit stressfull, because all we could see from the beach were small round pebbles and clear water, but as usual everything worked out fine. It may not have been as much underwater life as we had hoped for, but together with the things we imagine to find in Ireland I really think that we can handle this assignment.

After the beach excursion, we got back to the boat. As we got there we also got to watch some of the seafarers as they tried out the rescue runner before it was time for some fika. The fika was then followed by a walk up the ”Ullapool hill”. It’s important that you actually call it a hill. Not a mountain! That’s what one of the workers at Tesco taught us when we told them that we were going ”up a mountain with all of the students aboard”. He just laughed at us and told us that it was a big difference. Anyways, the walk was wonderfull, mostly because of the fantastic veiw at the top. Sure, I expected to like it but this topped all of my expectations.

Once we got down we went straight to a museum. The building in which the museum was placed in was orignialy a church. The church contained a lot of photographs of the harbour. A lot of the pictures inside of the church were taken all the way back in 1898. The pictures helped us learn about the fishing history of the village, as well as how the people in ullapool lived.

Then, when we got back, all of the scheduled activites were over. Midships got to work and the rest of us who did not have watch went out on our own adventures. There were three boys who wanted to take a swim in the ocean so some of us followed them to one of the beaches. The sun was shining and for the first time during the whole trip I regreted that I didn’t pick a skirt or my shorts.

Later we ordered some fish and chips and went to another beach. Around 8 o’clock we were around 15 students who went play som football at the local highschool. The mood was high and the field was filled with laughter, shouting and music until it was so dark that no one could see the ball anymore.

Thank you Ullapool for these two days!

Astrid Engström Nas2225