Week 16 of the Trident Perpetual Festival at Loopallu in Ullapool has been brilliant. The only bad thing really is that the festival only lasts two days. Yes, it bucketed down with rain the whole time and yes it was freezing cold and muddy - but the people of Scotland made the whole adventure brilliant. Ullapool is usually home to just 1,200 people, and the villagers really make the 2000 extra inhabitants feel welcome and looked after in their brief festival stay. There's a bookshop and a pharmacy and a supermarket, postoffice and police station - and that's all anyone really needs. We even spotted people projecting films onto a wall of a house yesterday as a makeshift cinema. In terms of a setting, it's right up there with Croatia as one of the most beautiful settings I have ever seen for a festival. Musically it was grand too - though myself and my pal Pete ended up most enjoying the local covers-bands that got people dancing between sets in the bar tent. We had some fun singing along last night to some Status Quo classics. Now it's 10am and we've driven back to Inverness for our flight to London, where I then go right onto Ibiza. This is Pete having an airport nap. See you soon readers!
Katie x
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