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Hector MacDonald Monument and Lunch

23 August 2012 / Photography, Travel / coffee, Photos 2012, Scotland

Who was Hector MacDonald? He is the Scots solider shown on the label of a bottle of Camp Coffee – and he came from near Dingwall.

this is from the Hector MacDonald exhibit in the Dingwall Museum

For more info see here.

There is a monument to him on a hill above Dingwall – we walked up there today.

Dingwall on the way up

The Monument

Jeremy cooked lunch today – from scratch.

Pork with herb gravy and carrots – served with Italian bread, and it was delicious.

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Early morning on the Cromarty Firth

23 August 2012 / Photography, Travel, Walking / Photos 2012, Scotland

I abandoned Jeremy, who was fast asleep in his sleeping bag to walk down to the Cromarty Firth.

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When I got back to the tent no one had stolen Jeremy.

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Isle of Skye

22 August 2012 / Photography, Travel / Photos 2012, Scotland

As we were at Eilean Donan Castle it was only 10 mile to the Isle of Skye. Last time I went to Skye I used a ferry from Kyle of Lochalsh – today of course we drove through there and used the bridge.

Jeremy took the above photo as we crossed the bridge.

Kyleakin

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Broadford

Where the sun came out.

above Beinn na Caillich

If you go to Broadford try the Beinn na Caillich Cafe it was very good.

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Eilean Donan Castle

22 August 2012 / Photography, Travel / coffee, Photos 2012, Scotland

The outlook for the day was showers, heavy at times, so we decided to go to Eilean Donan Castle – as it was indoors.

The journey was right across Scotland to the west coast – using roads that cut through some amazing scenery – unfortunately the weather stopped us taking any photos of the journey.

Coffee stop at Achnasheen – the cafe is right by the station, both are in the middle of nowhere!

The road and railway are very close most of the way to Kyle of Lochalsh.

Eilean Donan Castle

It was quite dark and stormy when we got there.

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Eileen Donan Castle

22 August 2012 / Photography, Travel / England, Photos 2012, Scotland

We went with Anne’s suggestion and visited Eilean Donan Castle – and we saw the Charles 1st Siege Tokens – coin sized, triangular tokens stamped clearly with “Newark”. No photographs allowed inside the castle but we got this shot from outside.

Thanks Anne.

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A bit of walking

21 August 2012 / Photography, Travel, Walking / Photos 2012, Scotland

We were originally heading west this morning – but when the mountains in the distance started to disappear in the rain we turned south.

Clash Wood

The rain caught up with us here so we headed into Inverness.

Inverness

Where it was raining – so we went to the museum.

The Achavrail Armlet

Whilst in the museum Jeremy and I sat down and played the ancient game of Merrells – google it to find out more! I won.

After a Chinese lunch the sun came out and the walk along the River Ness was excellent.

Dingwall

After several games of Rummikub and crib, back at the tent we went for an evening walk to the Firth and the town.

rain clouds on the way

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Dingwall

20 August 2012 / Camping, Photography, Travel / Photos 2012, Scotland

It did not rain overnight – however I had just set up for my early morning brew when is started raining – so I had to retreat into the tent. Our tent has a small living area in front of the bedroom, with enough headroom for me to sit on a stool and safely use a gas stove.

The rain was so hard at times it was drumming on the tight tent roof – but this still could not wake Jeremy up.

It did brighten by 10am allowing us to have breakfast outside – but we have decided today is a good day to spend at the campsite. There were some bright spells between the five minute showers and heavy grey clouds.

We watched one of the campers chase her dog round the field – she let the dog off it’s lead, the Jack Russell chased the rabbits (of which there are dozens at any one time on the campsite) and she chased the dog!

We played Rummikub…

…and Jeremy did some busking.

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