Colintraive Hotel
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Back to the Kyles of Bute
As predicted, the washing took so long to dry that we were unable to make the cinema. In all it took over 8 hours in a tumble dryer - if that's the expected performance of a condensing tumble dryer then they should be banned for their contribution to greenhouse gases! Instead we watched a Steve Martin film - he's always zany and this one was …
Day 1 - Milngavie to Balmaha (19.8 miles)
... of diversions to the route and signed the guest book. The last person to sign it was on 19th October 2012, so I wasn't expecting to see anyone today. Heading to the start which is an obelisk on the high street, looking around there were a lot of elderly people but I managed to stop a ginger haired as I thought he would be able to work a digital camera. Snap! I was on my way at 08:15 The walk out of town was through some parkland following a little stream which seemed ...
On a monster hunt
... largest strongholds of medieval Scotland, and remains an impressive structure, splendidly situated on a headland overlooking Loch Ness. It is also near this castle that the majority of Nessie (Loch Ness Monster) sightings occur. - Wikipedia In 1692 the castle was destroyed to ensure the Jacobites don't get their hands on it. Hence, the castle we got to see today was only the ruins. These forts have indeed the most magnificent views. Of course we stood there for ages looking ...
The West Highland Way
... culture and music.
We spent our first Scottish night on Loch Lomond where we found ourselves to be one of the few, if not the only people who were not in the area to walk the West Highland Trail. We did however take in a short stroll of the pretty lake shore and enjoyed the serenity of the area.
Tooting our horn to the hikers of the West highland trail,
Leann and ...
Travel Plans!
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Spending money: £5000-£1200 = £3800. With our accommodation paid that is £54 per day
spending money (£26 per person)
Using travel books and guides online, the average backpacker estimated guide for all of these countries (except Malaysia and Singapore which is slightly more expensive) is around £20-25 per person per day. We have £35 each, however we are staying in double ...