The Shieldaig Coastal Kitchen has a roof terrace overlooking the bay, though the menu is meat and fish heavy with very little for vegans and vegetarians. There’s a well stocked village shop and two restaurants that overlook the shore, all two minutes walk of the well appointed campsite. We also spotted the local war monument, which shows amongst the village men who lost their lives in both wars the name of a local Shieldaig woman – newly wed Margaret McKenzie – who tragically died aboard the Lusitania in 1915. We didn’t see the eagles, but the island is a popular spot for local swimmers and kayakers to circle around. Shieldaig is well known for Shieldaig Island a short distance from the shore, on which a pair of newly reintroduced to Scotland white tailed eagles live with their chicks. We’d never visited Shieldaig before, a tiny village on the north west Highland coast, and the newly renovated campsite there overlooking the sea looked perfect. Once it was announced that we could go somewhere with Irene, we knew we wanted to head north west for the fresh clean air of the Highlands.
In that time we decided to name her Irene, after Colin’s grandma who sadly died last year. We timed the purchase of our campervan a little badly, not that we could have known this at the time back in the pre Covid days of 2020 January! It took a few weeks for the van to be converted, so by the time it was ready it coincided almost immediately with lockdown and we were only able to enjoy a couple of days out in it before leaving it to sit forlornly outside our house. The July weekend we spent camping in Shieldaig was extra special as it was so long awaited.
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