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To the top of mainland Scotland
... is. Seems the spot has become a lot more popular since Mc Gregor and Boorman stared their motorbike trip through Africa from there and made the documentary of it all.
We had some lunch at the cafe and even though we were going to stay in a park close to here we decided to head back to Inverness , had lots of time to drive back so why not. Actually the trip back was more scenic and spectacular, the sun was ...
Busy week roaming
... York, Castle Howard, Scarborough in the rain, Durham, Hadrians wall, Edinburgh , military tattoo was awesome, into highlands and Aviemore, up mountains in the Cairngorms. Joc has managed to fit in lots of shopping. May not have wifi access for 2-3 nights I ...
Good morning day 1
Weather is looking good so far but can change quickly when we hit the big climbs of the day. We aim to have breakfast at 7. Gordon our host for the night is cooking a big fry up. And aim to be on the road for 8. Traveling west to tongue then south to binary bridge 106 miles. From jogle ...
Scotland Day 11
... older.
The highlight of the afternoon was the visit to Skara Brae. It is a large stone-built Neolithic settlement consisting of ten clustered houses, and was occupied from roughly 3180 BC to 2500 BC. It has been called the "Scottish Pompeii" because of its excellent preservation.
The houses used earth sheltering and were sunk into the ground to provide a layer of insulation ...
Balintore to Forss
The next leg in our Scotland mission was to get to the top! We all got out of bed smashed some vegemite toast, gave Beth and Andrew a massive hug for their hospitality, terrorised a rabbit then set of in the silver cars of terror! The night before at the pub one of the locals gave us a hot tip for a pretty impressive castle in the area, so we made that our first stop. This castle was Dunrobin castle, and it was the largest ...
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