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    • Europe 2022 - 2023
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      Day 109

      Oban Highland Games

      August 25, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      This will likely go down as one of the highlights. This was technically the 2nd annual festival we've been able to attend The first was Saints day in Pisa. Although, that was not planned making this the first intentional visit to a local festival. We've heard a lot about the Highland Games, but it was amazing to attend one of the many from around the region. We were able to hear bag pipe bands... oh so many bag pipe bands, see traditional dancers, see the foot races and strong man competitions.

      We took so much video, that we really had to try to make a compilation of the footage. I apologize for my shaky hands, especially in the parade video. I was trying to walk and record and dodge others.

      https://youtu.be/aYehBC3Nax0      Read more

    • TravelerCamino 2023
      Day 124

      Fort William, inverness,Scrabster, Orkne

      August 23, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

      My walk into Oban this morning was still blighted by rain even after the glorious sunrise at 5.40 a.m. after visiting the bank 🏧 to make sure I had enough cash for the journey I am now waiting for the 9.20 bus to Fort William. This is the first bus to go to Fort William this a.m.

      The trains are on strike again and liable to do so at any time making travel by train unreliable. Again the morning is driech, people are out and about with their dogs, or just doing their morning run, going to work with their costa coffees in hand, just an ordinary morning for them.

      I'm off to Orkney today and excited for the journey up to Fort William then across to Inverness to catch the train to Thurso and the ferry from Scrabster to Stromness and a bus to Kirkwall to the hostel there. I anticipated a full day of travel, enjoying the scenery and the joy of again travelling through this beautiful land. The trip to Fort William went smoothly all along Lock Linnhe to Ballachullish and Glen Coe a stunningly beautiful ride through that amazing country side. My heart leapt for joy.

      Getting to Fort William in plenty of time to get some late breakfast I popped into Morrisons, my word what a carry on. It took an age to get served then an age for food to appear and only after asking how long it was going to take interrupting a staff member standing around catching up with customers they knew or filling other orders, placing cleaned cups in the racks. After an interminable time I had to ask for take away containers for the food to go when it finally arrived, to catch the bus to Inverness.

      This was an amazing trip as well, passed Loch Eil, up to Spean Bridge where memories of Matthew and Rachel's sojourn there in 1990 came flooding back... they had come over to UK to work and tour around before coming back to NZ to begin their family. Matthew was a chef there at Glen Spean Lodge and Rachel a house manager. While they enjoyed their time, they were also pleased to return to NZ.

      Twenty minutes into this journey we came across a line of traffic seemingly going on for a mile, a truck carrying heavy farming machinery had come to grief on the road ahead losing an axle!! This was to be my undoing today, lucky that this hadn't happened to me before, the driver informed me that we probably wouldn't make the bus I needed to complete my travel arrangements for the day, but I remained hopeful.

      I sat in anticipation all the way to Fort William after the road was cleared which took around 20 minutes. This marred my enjoyment a little of this ride up again through the lochs Eil, linnhe and loch lochy such amazing scenery again I was soaking it in at the same time anticipating what may happen at Inverness, all the while holding my breath.

      I was struck by the amount of people at Fort Augustus as we travelled through the beginning of Loch Ness and saw a crowd of people at the Caledonian canal all tourists looking for "Nessie". I certainly enjoyed and anticipated more beautiful sights along the loch before arriving at Inverness.

      Sure enough although the driver had called the bus station in Fort William, by the time we got there fifteen minutes late for my bus, it had departed. Rather disappointed, I consoled myself calling the hostel in Kirkwall Orkney to let them know I wouldn't be checking in tonight but could they transfer my bed to Inverness. This they managed to do and so I made my way to the hostel at Inverness.      Read more

    • On the trail of Harry Potter
      Day 11

      Oban

      August 5, 2023 in Scotland

      Vom Zentrum in den Westen!
      Eigentlich war ursprünglich die Fahrt nach Fort William geplant. Aber bereits bei den Vorbereitungen waren keine Unterkünfte zu finden bzw. waren alle unter 300EUR die Nacht ausgebucht. So fiel die Wahl auf das ca. 70 km südlich gelegene Oban - ein beschauliches Küstenstädtchen eingerahmt einerseits von den vorgelagerten Inseln und anderseits von den wunderschönen Highlands.Read more

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    • TravelerGreat Britain
      Day 24

      Oban and Kilmartin

      May 22, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 54 °F

      Nigel, our guide, took us to Kilmartin Glen, a small village where over 5000 years of human history can be traced. The area has chambered cairns or cists which are man-made piles of stones raised and used as a burial mound or marker. The linear cemetery has five burial cairns that line up with the winter solstice and extends for more than 2 1/2 miles. They were the burial place of the elite. We didn’t see all of them. We saw standing stones and stone circles. Some of the stones are decorated with cup and ring marks. Stone circles connected people with the heavens and maybe marked special moments of the sun and moon. I found this site fascinating.

      We have surrendered to the Scottish rains. There have been no downpours, just drizzles and light rain and the weather can change in a moment’s notice. By 3:30 the sun came out, but I am exhausted so I’m at the hotel to relax and perhaps sit in the veranda.

      Rebecca and I did eat a late lunch at an old pub, The Oban Inn, where we had our first steak and ale pie. It was delicious, and I didn’t have to eat fish!      Read more

    • TravelerRundreise in Schottland
      Day 9

      Oban Destillerie & Schifffahrt

      June 13, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

      Heute ging es nach einem Full Scotich Breakfast in die Oban Destillerie. Die Führung war sehr gut und in der kleinen Destillerie sehr persönlich.

      Danach liefen wir zum Battery Hill und hatten einen fantastischen Ausblick über die ganze Stadt.

      Anschließend machten wir eine Schiffsfahrt zur Isle of Mull.      Read more

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    • TravelerGreat Britain
      Day 22

      Oban

      May 20, 2022 in Scotland ⋅ 🌧 54 °F

      This is our second day on the Scotland tour and this morning we were told that two are off the tour because the husband tested positive. Crossing my fingers that I make it to the end of the tour. Becky and I sat at back of bus away from everyone and are wearing our masks more.
      We had a busy day on the bus as we headed up to the Highlands. We stopped at Stirling Castle. Rick Steves book compares it to Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, and the Alamo, all rolled into one. The castle sits high on a volcanic ridge by the River Forth which divides the Lowlands from the Highlands which made it the prime location. “He who holds Stirling, holds Scotland” and it was the home of many kings and queens including Mary Queen of Scots and Stuart monarchs. I thoroughly enjoyed touring the king and queen quarters where there were guides in costumes. Oh, it’s also featured in “Braveheart” but we learned that the film got pretty much everything wrong historically.

      We drove along the “bonnie, bonnie banks” of the Loch (lake) Lomond and Trossachs National Park. Loch Lomond is Great Britain’s biggest lake by surface area. There are 60 private islands in the loch. Cool fact to its fame is the folk song: “Ye’ll take the high road, and I’ll take the low road, and I’ll be in Scotland afore ye..For me and my tru love will never meet again, on the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond”. I won’t explain it here, but it’s a very sad story behind the song.

      After lunch in the cute village of Fyne, we continued our way to the scenic coastal town of Oban which is the “Gateway to the Isles.” Rebecca and I took a nice walk along the coast by our hotel and stopped at Bar Rio for a quick dinner of pizza! I love this hotel because of a beautiful glassed-in veranda where we both relaxed and had a beautiful view of the bay called Firth of Lorn in front of us.      Read more

    • Great Britain
      Day 4

      Oban

      March 25 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C

      Bevor die Sonne untergeht schlendern wir noch etwas durch Oban und essen heute Fish & Chips am Hafen. Eigentlich wollten wir morgen mit der Autofähre auf die Isle of Mull übersetzen, aber diese ist bis einschließlich Mittwoch ausgebucht 🤯aber Peter wäre ja nicht Peter, wenn er sich einen Alternativplan ausdenken könnte…Read more

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    • TravelerScotland & the North
      Day 29

      Oban & Castle Stalker

      March 25 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 43 °F

      Ferries leave from Oban to connect the mainland with the islands of the Inner Hebrides. I wanted to go to Iona and Arran but that’ll have to wait for another time. The one-day tours from Glasgow don’t start until Easter.Read more

    • TravelerScottish Highlands
      Day 12

      Oban

      April 12, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ 🌬 7 °C

      Mit dem Zug ging es heute nach Oban, ein kleines Küstenstädtchen. Es ist der Ausgangspunkt für meine morgige Tour zur Fingal's Cave auf der Insel Staffa.

      In der Nacht ist die Schneefallgrenze ziemlich gesunken, so sind nun auch die Berge verschneit, die ich vor kurzem durchquert hatte.

      Auf meiner Zugfahrt unterhielt ich mich mit einem Pärchen aus Bristol. Beide waren auch auf dem Camping in Glen Nevis und wir trockneten beide zur gleichen Zeit unsere Zelte im Wäscheraum. Per Zufall traf ich sie dann wieder im Zug an, den ich um 2 Minuten vor Abfahrt (rennend) knapp erreicht hatte. Die innere Ruhe auf dieser Reise zu finden ist das eine, aber weniger zu rennen; eine ganz andere Sache;))

      Passend zum Meer folgender Songtext:

      „I wanna be free as the winds that blow past me
      Clear as the air that I breath
      Young as the morning
      And old as the sea

      I wanna lose myself in the Scottish highlands
      The west coast of Ireland
      The Cornish breeze

      I wanna rest my bones in the Spanish sunshine
      The Italian coastline is calling me
      To be free as the birds that fly past me
      Light as the fish in the sea
      To be wise as the mountains
      And tall as the trees“

      Macht einfach gleich Freude noch mehr und länger zu reisen...      Read more

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    • Emil PostSchottland 2023
      Day 15

      Oban

      May 17, 2023 in Scotland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

      Natürlich wollten wir uns auch Oban anschauen. Hatten immer etwas von einen schönen Hafenstädtchen gelesen. Darunter haben wir wohl etwas anderes verstanden. Da das Wetter auch noch ziemlich grau war, waren wir von Oban etwas enttäuscht und sind schnell weitergefahren.

      Vorher mussten wir natürlich zum McCailg Tower. Zu Fuß! Die Zeiten hoch waren schon heftig für uns. Von dort hat man aber einen schönen Ausblick auf die gesamte Oban Bay.      Read more

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    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Oban, Оубън, An t-Òban, An t-Óban, OBN, オーバン, Oban i Skottland, Обан, 奧本

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