Business in Uist

Sue and I had business in Uist over the weekend, which allowed us to spend the weekend in the newly refurbished Langass Lodge. Wow!

The new building is spectacular and the quality of the food was amazing, as always. The building was only just open and the website doesn’t have pictures of the extension blending into the hillside. The use of heat from the bedrock is an innovative technique and it will be interesting to find out just how much money it saves.

We had a fabulous time seeing our clients throughout the islands, and the only downside was getting bitten by clegs on the way to Poiball Finn (the standing stones beside the hotel). We had intended to go on a long walk before dinner, but five minutes was all we could stand.

We got back to the hotel to find Niall opening the scallops he had dived for that day, and we knew what we were having for dinner.

We drove back up on the Sunday, using the ferry from Berneray to Leverburgh, which was full of tourists and almost no locals. Where were the tourists going? Did they have accommodation booked? Where the hell do you get a cup of tea between South Uist and Stornoway, other than on the ferry?