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Knockan Crag

The exposed rock at Knockan Crag is extremely interesting as it distinctly shows two different geological layers.

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It is also unusual as the older rock is on top of a younger rock – this arises through tectonic movements over many hundreds of millions of years.

There is a visitor centre and a well illustrated walk up the hillside to what is called the Moine Thrust, where you can see and touch the rock layers,. From there you can continue up to a great viewpoint complete with benches to sit on and admire the view from. For more details on the Moine Thrust Belt go here to Wikipedia.

I tried out the Pano app from this viewpoint.

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I have only looked at the results on my small iPhone screen not on a bigger screen yet but the image on the iPhone seemed OK. The app was very easy go use – and fun. One thing to remember is if you manually select an exposure point then remember to set it on each of the mosaic images.

Other images from Knockan Crag

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Highland Aviation Museum

On the recommendation of the owner of the Highflight bookshop in Dingwall we decided to visit this small museum run by enthusiasts.

It is excellent – plenty to see with many planes and cockpits you can get inside. There are a range of exhibits in the buildings including one about early Scottish island aviation.

If you choose to come be prepared; once you get to Inverness Airport there are no signs! We went into the airport and had to 3-point turn out of there, but then we found a sign to the industrial park and then the museum. (The local council had removed the signs as part of their preparations for the Open Golf Championships – this is what the staff told me.). So get details from their site below before setting out.

www.highlandaviationmuseum.org.uk

Nimrod MR2 – XV254

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Valiant B (K) Mk. 1 – XD875

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English Electric Lightning F.1A – XM169

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Blackburn Buccaneer S.1 – XK532

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Tornado GR1 – ZA362

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Handley Page Herald – G-ASVO

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Jet Provost T4 – XS176

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Fifty

A friend of mine,Richard is fifty this weekend and as I am away for his birthday I thought I should arrange some kind of surprise for him!

So when he got to our BNI meeting this morning, I had arranged a bit of a party for him and the other members of BNI Lindvm.

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Thanks to Sue at Caffe19 for all her helping in setting this surprise up.

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Trip to Scotland

I am away on holiday, I drove to Scotland this morning with my son Jeremy. We did a Geocache on the way up near St Abbs and had a short walk along the the coast path before heading up to the Dunbar Camping and Caravan Club site near Dunbar.

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The above is a view south towards St Abbs.

However getting away was a bit of a rush – thanks to the “tech support” at U***** (more of that story later when I have time to write it up). In the rush I have left my sleeping mat behind – thanks U*****.

(You are not going to get the ADSL tech support story yet as my client has decided the best place for him to sort this issue is to take them to court.)

Better luck was on our side when it came to pitching the tent. We had just got the fly sheet up when the first spots of rain came along. It is a pitch the outer first tent, so we hurried and managed to get the inner up and all the equipment in before the heavier rain came along. I am now sitting in the tent, listening to the rain, drinking tea! Excellent.

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The Little Frog Group

Because it was good weather this morning, Mark from The Little Frog Group, used his alternative transport to get to our business meeting.

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I’m not a motorcycle enthusiast, so I cannot tell you what it is, but it is old and Mark restored it to it’s current condition – when he first got the bike it was a bit of a wreck! So if you know someone who has a pet “restoration” project that has stalled then give the Little Frog Group a call and see if they can help (details in the side bar).

update – Mark has subsequently told me it is a BSA A7.

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