{"id":47,"date":"2021-07-03T13:27:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T13:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balsfjord.bluebellnursery.com\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2022-06-17T12:18:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T12:18:32","slug":"things-to-see","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/?page_id=47","title":{"rendered":"Things to see"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aside from the mountains, beautiful beaches and other scenery, there are an abundance of places to visit and things to do in the North-Western Highlands. Among the most worthwhile are the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>A day trip to the marvelous Inverewe Gardens, some 90 miles south &#8211; a wonderful garden with a beautiful drive to reach it.<\/li><li>A day trip north to Handa Island, a famous Scottish Wildlife Trust Island, with enormous colonies of birds breeding on huge cliffs.<\/li><li>There are regular trips round the Summer Isles from Achiltibue or Ullapool, or to the Outer Hebrides from Ullapool.<\/li><li>Knockan Geological Trail is a excellent and well labeled trail detailing the internationally important local geology responsible for the local area&#8217;s beauty.<\/li><li>There is a craft village at Balnakeil, just West of Durness, including pottery by Lotte Glob.<\/li><li>James Hawkins is a famous painter at Rhue Studio, near Ullapool<\/li><li>Kilmorack Gallery is excellent, with a superb photographic shop, Ffordes of Broallan, next door.<\/li><li>Day trips to the Orkneys from John o&#8217; Groats are within range, and fascinating, but require a very early start.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Balsfjord.jpg\" alt=\"Balsfjord Chalet - a view of Suilven in November\" class=\"wp-image-119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Balsfjord.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Balsfjord-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Balsfjord-768x293.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>A view of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walkhighlands.co.uk\/ullapool\/suilven.shtml\">Suilven<\/a> in November whilst on a walk in the hills behind Lochinver<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/balsfjord.bluebellnursery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Mountains-1024x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Mountains-1024x390.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Mountains-300x114.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Mountains-768x292.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Mountains-1536x585.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Mountains-2048x780.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Nearby mountains<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aside from the mountains, beautiful beaches and other scenery, there are an abundance of places to visit and things to do in the North-Western Highlands. Among the most worthwhile are the following: A day trip to the marvelous Inverewe Gardens, some 90 miles south &#8211; a wonderful garden with a beautiful drive to reach it. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/?page_id=47\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Things to see&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122,"href":"https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47\/revisions\/122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.balsfjord.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}