Oban Youth Hostel
Esplanade Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, PA34 5AF, United Kingdom
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Ceilidh Dancing
Today we left the amazing Morags Hostel and started heading down the west coast of Scotland. Past Loch Oich and Loch Locchie - which is where the battle of the shirts occured. It was so hot on the day of the battle that halfway through a ceasefire was called, and everyone jumped in the Loch for a dip. It was still so hot that most men resumed …
Second last day in the highlands
We left skye early enough to watch the sunrise of the other side of eilan donan castle so we had a quick photo stop and got back on the bus... -12 inside, possibly slightly less cold outside the bus! We drove back through the same mountains as the day before in more beautiful weather, this time we stopped at loch garry, also called scotland's loch …
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A wee trip to Scotland for Hogmanay
After a few weeks at home for Christmas I came back to the UK to spend new year/hogmanay in Scotland with my mates. Kelly and I stayed at Eilidh's house and her mom Gale took us on the "Gale tour of Scotland" which basically was us bombing around the highlands in Gale's Audi looking at sites from the car because the weather was so horrible. It was fun though. I met a new best friend, he's a giraffe. After a ...
35. The Glen
The final day of our Skye High tour took us via Stirling back to Auld Reekie
As we farewelled the Isle of Skye, the weather had cleared enough for us to see the surrounding mountains, with just a light dusting of powder and a ray of sunshine or two. Feeling at home, I couldn't help but wonder why Scotland isn't often advertised as a country of great natural beauty. It has a richer history but the scenery is just like that of New Zealand!
At the foot of Ben ...



