Ullapool is apparently on the West Coast of Britain, but the feel of the West Coast is that it defies you, extending out beyond your reach.

My next farm stop is to the small Isle of Eigg, an Inner Hebridean outcrop of rock as the land ducks under water and reappears.

First though, because I'm here, I'll make my way across the backs of the isles of Lewis, Harris, visit Lucy (Paul and Helen's daughter) on North Uist and reach Eigg via Skye and the mainland.