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The highlands!! more castles and some haggis
"Hark, when the night is falling, Hear! Hear the pipes are calling, Loudly and proudly calling down thro' the glen. There where the hills are sleeping, Now feel the blood a-leaping, High as the spirits of the old Highland men". - (Lyrics to "Scotland the Brave" by Clifford Hanley)
Day 18 : 25th May 2008 (Sunday) The …
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Jo's guiding skills leave a little to be desired!
Talk about extreme tourism! We had a visit from Soph and Josh Walsh (friends from Wagga) who had three days in Scotland so I tried to jam pack a road trip for them which super fun but not how I planned it!
They arrived after a mammoth effort of flying from Australia to London then straight up to Aberdeen. They then came to the pub for a drink and met some of the Garioch gang then we headed to dinner at Thainstone ...
33. Haggis and Hootanannys
... the entire way, and if we weren't happy with that then we should have gone to Italy instead.
As we crossed over from Edinburgh to Fife, we managed to catch a glimpse of the famous Forth Road suspension bridge before the clouds closed in. Along the road, we engaged in a bit of bus speed dating and met the other passengers who hailed from Australia (of course), NZ, America, Canada, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
Our ...
Techno bagpipes
... a young Aussie strips down to his birthday suit. It was like a science experiment proving that things shrink in the cold. We finish the day in Inverness, the fastest growing city in the UK. Although we skip a traditional Scottish meal in favour of Thai, the pub where we eat is a local hang out for traditional Celtic musicians who jam around a table playing fiddle, banjo, and lowland pipes. It might not have been religious bagpipe techno, but it was still pretty damn ...
Intet uhyre
Men til gengæld høj søgang! Så høj så bølgerne skvulpede op ad vinduerne i båden, og folk på dækket kom ned under tag dælens hurtigt. Det var lidt sjovt at være vidne til, når nu vi selv forblev rimelig tørskoede:) Det var en god sejltur på Loch Ness, hvor vi kom tæt på Urquart Castle. Ness er den loch med mest vand i, mens Loch Lomond er den største arealmæssigt. ...


