St. Andrews
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After leaving Edinburgh, we crossed the Firth of Forth and headed for the Scottish highlands to Inverness for the night.
But our first stop was at the home of golf, St. Andrews. The weather. was very Czytaj więcej
After leaving Edinburgh, we crossed the Firth of Forth and headed for the Scottish highlands to Inverness for the night.
But our first stop was at the home of golf, St. Andrews. The weather. was very Czytaj więcej
We left St. Andrews and headed into the highlands and to the town of Blair Atholl and Blair Castle, home to the Dukes of Atholl, with the current Duke being the 12th Duke of Atholl. The estate is Czytaj więcej
After leaving Blair Castle, we had a stunning drive through the highlands towards Culloden, site of the final battle in the Jacobite Rising against the English in 1746. It was over in less than an Czytaj więcej
Today it was our turn to search for Nessie, the Loch Ness monster. Loch Ness is the largest lake by water volume in Great Britain. Plenty of places for her to hide.
We did a cruise starting in the Czytaj więcej
As we headed north, we had a stop at Loch Fleet, where we saw some common seals and grey seals with their pups sunning themselves at low tide. There were also the runs of 14th century Skelbo Castle Czytaj więcej
Further up the coast on the North Sea is the small fishing village of Helmsdale, where we stopped for lunch and had possibly some of the freshest and best fish (haddock) and chips we have ever Czytaj więcej
From Helmsdale, it was even further north to the old Viking seaport of Wick. Here we are even further north in terms of latitude than Alaska, so we are a long way from home. Tomorrow, when we go to Czytaj więcej
Today was a day we were looking forward to and the Orkneys at the very top of Scotland didn't disappoint.
We started at John O'Groats, the northernmost inhabited part of the U.K to catch the 45 Czytaj więcej
After leaving Wick, we drove back down the Scottish coast, with stunning views of the coastal cliffs, ruined castles, pretty villages and flowering yellow gorse and broom for as far you can see.
We Czytaj więcej
In a country of stunning drives, this morning was another as we made our way through the highlands.
We made a stop at a packhorse bridge on the River Oykel, which was very pretty. A packhorse bridge Czytaj więcej
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