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Monthly Archives: August 2019
Day 83, 10 August 2019, Scotland Day 17, Glasgow – Glasgow Cathedral, Necropolis, Murals and the River Clyde
Last night the weather forecast for today didn’t look promising, lots of rain was promised. We woke to blue skies. I checked our weather app and it all looked good until mid afternoon. Number of Views :1077
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Day 82, 9 August 2019, Scotland Day 16, Callander to Glasgow via The Kelpies.
We had high hopes for breakfast at Faulty Towers #2, but …. how can you screw up muesli and toast? We were on the road a bit after 9am and headed to The Helix and The Kelpies. Number of Views … Continue reading
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Day 81, 8 August 2019, Scotland Day 15, The Isle of Mull to Callander via Luss, Loch Lomond, Lake of Menteith and Lodge Forest
We got away from our BnB at 8:50am and arrived at the ferry terminal at 9:30am. We were put in a maybe queue to get on the 9:50am ferry. Alas, we were 1 car too far back and missed out … Continue reading
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Day 80, 7 August 2019, Scotland Day 14, Fort William to The Isle of Mull
We were on the road to Oban a bit before 8am to catch our ferry to Mull. The drive down was fairly easy and we loaded onto the ferry for the 45 to 50 minute ride around 9:20am. We landed … Continue reading
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Day 79, 6 August 2019, Scotland Day 13, The Isle of Skye to Fort William via Eilean Donan Castle, Loch Ness, Fort Augustus and Glenfinnan Viaduct & The Hogwarts Express.
We were on the road by 8am, rain was falling and there were lots of heavy clouds around but not much traffic. Deb spent the first hour of our drive taking wet weather photos from the passenger seat as we … Continue reading
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Day 78 5 August 2019 Scotland Day 12 The Isle of Skye The Fairy Pools, Neist Point, Dunvegan Castle and almost Claigan Coral Beach
We got away around 8:30am this morning. Today has had a touch of Fairy magic to it. Number of Views :963
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Day 77 4 August 2019 Scotland Day 11 The Inner Hebrides The Isle of Skye The Trotternish Peninsula
We had an early’ish breakfast, and then headed out on the road by 8am to try and beat the predicted Armageddon weather (if you missed it, see yesterdays blog instalment) and the other tourists to the nearby sights. Number of … Continue reading
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Day 76 3 August 2019 Scotland Day 10 The Isle of Harris to Isle of Skye
We had a very easy start this morning, our ferry to Skye is now due to arrive here at midday, so there was no rush to do anything. We checked out around 10:45am and drove the 2 mins to the … Continue reading
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Day 75 2 August 2019 Scotland Day 9 Exploring The Isle of Harris.
We started the day with a morning chat with our parents, good to know they are doing well. We took the slow road to Rodel, there were two ways to get there, the Google maps suggested way around the west … Continue reading
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Day 74 Scotland day 8, 1st August 2019, Ullapool to Isle of Harris via Isle of Lewis (The Outer Hebrides) the Butt of Lewis Lighthouse and The Callanish Stones
A slower start today which we appreciated. Didn’t need to be at the ferry until 9.30am. We both laughed when the GPS in the car told us to, ‘Catch the ferry!’ Len told us when we were with him and Monica that he … Continue reading
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