Scotland - Week 2 - Arisaig

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June 11, 2016
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Day 1 - Arrived at cottage in Arisaig
June 11, 2016 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
It took us roughly 3 hours 45 minutes to get from the east coast to the west driving through some wonderful highland views, although the weather is cloudy and wet it's still is very warm. Let's hope the weather picks up as the week goes on.

The new cottage could not be different to last week's, which was a very pretty traditional cottage with great views over Loch Leven. The new cottage does not look much from the outside but once inside wow! It's been modernised to a very high standard and gives us all we would expect from a home from home. Including lovely modern bathroom, conservatory, kitchen, walk in wardrobe, funky stair lights, heating and to top it off a 50" plasma with a full surround sound system. Who could ask for more!Read more
Traveler50 inch plasma just what you need to watch the euro's. All on site watching Wales lots of screaming going on. X
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Day 2 - 11 mile beach
June 12, 2016 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
It's been cloudy but a warm muggy day so we decided to take it easy and do just a 11 mile walk to a beautiful isolated white sandy beach just outside Rhumach. Great views of Loch nan Ceall and the surrounding mountains along the way.Read more
TravelerJust a short walk today then!
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Day 3 - Isle of Eigg
June 13, 2016 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
We visited our first island today, the Isle of Eigg. We walked to An Sgurr a column of pitchstone lava which is the highest point on the island. With great views over to Muck and Rum, the other Isles we are hoping to visit in the next few days.Read more
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Day 4 - A tot of Rum
June 14, 2016 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Lovely warm day so we visited the Isle of Rum to meet up with the local ranger who took us on a nature walk explaining the very varied wildlife on the island. It's a very special place for wildlife in that they have a unique environment to thrive in as there are no foxes, rabbits, snakes etc.. just the animals which have inhabited the island for 1000's of years which include deer, highland cattle, ponies and golden eagles.Read more
TravelerRum yum yum! Did you see a golden eagle?
6/14/16Reply
TravelerUnfortunately the ranger explain that the bodies of both golden eagles were discovered on the island. Having sent them to the mainland for analysis they think they had been attacked & killed by other eagles, most likely sea eagles which also inhabit the island.
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Day 5 - Wet & Windy
June 15, 2016 in Scotland ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
The weather was cold, windy and wet today. So a great day to go to the beach!

We visited Mallaig first, which is where the ferry to Skye goes from., to pickup our tickets for tomorrow. We ate fish & chips in the harbour in very dog friendly tea shop, see last photo.

On the way back we took the alternative coastal route and discovered a string of beautiful beaches which surprisingly were deserted, so ideal for a bit of windbathing.Read more
TravelerDoggy ice cream thats a new one on me x
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Day 6 - Skye's the limit
June 16, 2016 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
A wet and windy day but we took the ferry to Skye and decided to drive around the narrow lanes to some of the smaller villages which have great views of the mountains but are not visited by many tourists, as described in Sarah 's Rough Guide to Scotland book.

We both agreed that Skye is lovely and we would like to come back another time to walk some of the mountains we saw.Read more
TravelerGlad the book was useful. I hope the crossing wasn't to rough x
6/17/16Reply
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Day 7 - Last Day in Bonnie Scotland
June 17, 2016 in Scotland ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
It's been a lovely sunny day although their has been a cold wind. We did manage a couple of hours on the beach but the cold wind did eventually force us back to the sun trace at the cottage, which was more sheltered.

We had a nice meal at the local pub tonight and are planning on a early night as we have a three and half hour journey to Glasgow airport tomorrow morning.

We are hoping Hazels mum and dad's move to Birmingham has gone well today and so tomorrow we are planning to drop in and see them in their new home on the way back from the airport.Read more
TravelerHave a safe journey home xx
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Trip end
June 17, 2016