Lynwilg House Aviemore

... like me... hmm! This road literally passed over the top of the world... jaw-dropping...<br><br> <br><br> <br><br>When the road came out, almost in civilisation, we were around Braemar. Not much civilsation for long though - the other side was Glenshee, home to ...

... worthwhile (and hopefully worth the money, i'll see when I work out how much I've spent). I obviously won't be uploading the 4000 photo's I took but anyone is welcome to see them, they need only ask; and set aside around 5 hrs to go through them. This is Mike's log.......signing out.

... English army but was forced to withdraw to Culloden when he could not reach the enemy before dawn. The next day, 16 April 1746, despite advice to withdraw to the highlands, Charles decided to stay and fight the English on Culloden moor. His troops, weary from an all night march, faced off and began their charge against the English lines around noon but the left side of his attack was slowed by soft ground. This allowed the English to ...

... go at 6.15pm to bag one of the last tables at the bar but the food doesn't disappoint and I treat myself to Cullen Skink and pan-fried pheasant. That'll keep me going!<br><br>What makes me smile today:<br><br>Gary's pack - it was so heavy I couldn't lift it off the floor. Apparently that was the light version as they'd eaten all their food! No wonder he had blister problems<br><br>My delicious dinner<br>

... What made me smile today:<br><br>The End-to-Enders - John Arris and friends.  It was great to hear their stories and get their advice.  One of them even gave me a donation for my charities.  Good luck with your next stage!<br><br>The eccentric Rory and his thieving chickens.  He runs the Abriachan Forest eco-campsite and cafe halfway along the path today and I stopped for tea.  One of his chickens actually jumped into the air to steal shortbread out of my hands!<br>

Spent yesterday walking through Scottish terrain. Unfortunately the weather wasn't sunny but it wasn't raining so since coming to the UK I have come to know that as 'a good day'. I have to admit it, but any day that doesn't rain I consider a good day of weather too. How quickly standards change..<br><br>Time has flown by here in Scotland. Back down to London tomorrow and off to India Wednesday. This is quite possibly the most boring blog entry ever, but the photos should at least be ok

... the unwashed backpackers and the anarchic children, and silently be whisked off into the night. When the time suits me, I can curl under a duvet and gently be rocked to sleep, and then wake, hundreds of miles away, and watch a wonderfully foreign mountain landscape drift by in the dawn light. <br><br>Before I moved to the UK, before I had even considered it, I had read about the sleeper train from London to Scotland, and I knew that if the opportunity ever arose, I was going to ...

... well we can all try and hey it gives him an excess to come back. Just before hitting the road we grabbed some pics of Dave at the distillery with his bottle then we were on the road again. We stopped at a few places so Dave could take some pics but we really had a nice drive up. As it was summer we had so much sunlit that we didn't even realise that it was 10pm by the time we got to the gate. We slowly drove in and along the 2 mile driveway through the forest as ...

... Castle ruins. Very pretty-then on the Eilean Donan Castle ruins. Also very pretty. Pity couldn't check them out more. On to the Isle of Skye! Very beautiful rugged countryside. Stopped for lunch at first town over the bridge (yes they now have a bridge-no ferry ride anymore) called Kyleakin. Very pretty - great soaking up the views. Then we were driven up to Broadford and back down again. Bummer that we did so much driving and not much stopping and looking ...

... Le*ving the pub, I kept w*ving to guys from * b*chelor p*rty. We went b*ck to the hotel, h*d dinner while intoxic*ted *g*in, freshened up *nd went out on the town w*lking in Aviemore. I c*nnot remember the n*mes of the pubs/b*rs we went to but the 1st one s*t b*ck from the ro*d *nd h*d * mixture of people young *nd old but it w*sn't very crowded. A couple of guys st*rted t*lking to us *nd *sked us to join them to *nother pub. This one h*d mostly older people ...