If Wishes Were Horses’ number one saleswoman – my mum – is in Ullapool making sure the local independent is stocking copies (well, actually she’s there to watch my dad in the St Ayles Skiff World Championships but never let it be said that she can’t multi-task when family interests are concerned). As you can see The Ullapool Bookshop are exactly the kind of bookshop that anyone in their right mind would want to move into, skiff or no skiff. They’re closely involved with the Ullapool Book Festival and are open a whopping seven days a week for customers coming in from the Isles.