SzkocjaNewlands of Culloden57°28’36” N 4°4’43” W 26 maja, Szkocja ⋅ 🌬 11 °C
Very changeable weather throughout today - sunshine, wind and showers all taking equal turns. Did a wee walk around Dornoch which is a very pretty mid- size town with lovely old stone buildings. Then Czytaj więcej
SzkocjaDornoch57°52’46” N 4°1’47” W 25 maja, Szkocja ⋅ 🌬 10 °C
Up at 4.30am to catch the ferry but worth the early start as crossing was very calm. High winds developed once we were on the mainland and we felt like we might be blown off the cliffs at John Czytaj więcej
PodróżnikWind was icy but fined up this afternoon. Definitely not t- shirt weather atm. We quite like experiencing another aspect of Scotland.
SzkocjaSt Mary's58°53’59” N 2°53’29” W
24 maja, Szkocja ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Woke up today to our first wet morning. After a lovely breakfast of scrambled eggs and smoked salmon, we drove to have a look at the Rennibister underground earthen house dating from around 400BC. Tim Czytaj więcej
PodróżnikThe Orkneys were certainly scenic and interesting. Good use of the wet weather.
SzkocjaSt Mary's58°53’59” N 2°53’29” W 23 maja, Szkocja ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Lovely calm trip across to Orkney. First stop Skara Brae - a fairly recently unearthed prehistoric village. Then toured through Skaill house next door , whose owner was the one who discovered the Czytaj więcej
SzkocjaScrabster58°36’45” N 3°32’48” W 23 maja, Szkocja ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Travelled from Durness to Castletown, Thurso today along a lot of single track roads that hugged the coast. First stop was Balnakeil beach. If you look closely you will see cows wandering around on Czytaj więcej
SzkocjaDurness58°34’0” N 4°44’53” W 21 maja, Szkocja ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Really beautiful drive along the coast today on secondary, mostly single lane roads. Could get a bit hairy coming around blind corners and meeting a motor home coming in the opposite direction, but Czytaj więcej
SzkocjaLochinver58°9’16” N 5°14’32” W 20 maja, Szkocja ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Yet another gorgeous day - first photo is view from our B&B at about 7.30am. After breakfast, we got to meet two highland coos, Beatrice and Daisy who live at the farm next door.
We then drove to Czytaj więcej
SzkocjaUllapool57°54’31” N 5°10’32” W 19 maja, Szkocja ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Another perfect, warm spring day. We travelled from Skye to Ullapool and took the scenic coastal route. Saw a couple of ruined castles and a waterfall, but the main attraction was once again driving Czytaj więcej
SzkocjaSatran57°17’42” N 6°18’50” W 18 maja, Szkocja ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
A combination of walking and driving today but wherever we went surrounded by amazing scenery. Started after breakfast by hiking up to The Storr which is a mountain which has lost its peak due to Czytaj więcej
SzkocjaSatran57°17’42” N 6°18’49” W 17 maja, Szkocja ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Quite a bit of driving today through some spectacular scenery. After breakfast we drove to Glenfinnan and hiked up a rough track to the best view point of the viaduct made famous in the Harry Potter Czytaj więcej
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I heard on the Beeb-(eeC) that residents in UK are being asked to go easy on water use ‘cause it’s the driest Spring in xxxx years 😘
PodróżnikI hope you liked Glenmorangie, my favourite whiskey
PodróżnikI'm still trying to acquire a taste for whisky but the 12 year old Glenmorangie is my favourite so far. Have you been to the distillery?
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And who won? The British- I’m channeling Chris 🤫
PodróżnikWe were told that both sides had a mix of British, Scottish and some international soldiers. Obviously Govt side had more British though.... so Chris is technically right. 😬