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Sunday’s Photos

The railway runs behind the Dingwall Camping and Caravan site – although the trains are frequent they do not really disturb us.

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The footpath into the town crosses the line and with the sun this morning it made for a good photo – with a little help from Pro HDR, to balance out the light and add a bit to the saturation.

We headed north today and out to the coast near Nigg.

Ballintore

These fish are part of a number of public art exhibits along the coast.

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A close up.

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The Mermaid of the North

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The rocks on the beach had interesting patterns in them.

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Tarbat Ness

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We walked along the cliff tops and were able to easily get down to the sea – and we somewhere suitable for lunch. Here is a shot of Jeremy preparing the lunch on the Crusader stove – meatballs and crackers, followed by bananas and peach tea.

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This is where we were having lunch.

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We then walked up and around the point near the lighthouse.

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With it starting to get cloudy we decided to head back to the tent – Jeremy to read a book and me to work on a quote for a prospective new client.

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Dingwall

Following a phone call from the site warden at Dingwall Campsite we were up early at Aviemore, cleaned and packed up and got to Dingwall Campsite before 10am. It is 11.30am, sunny, and the tent is up and sorted out.

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I have got the Crusader Stove on to make tea, updating the blog and listening to the noise from the football stadium!

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The reason for getting here early and the noise is that Ross County Football Club is now in the Scottish Premier League and is playing Celtic at home today – this means road closures around the stadium which shares the road with the campsite. We were early but I was still challenged by two stewards (nicely) before I got to the site. With the Celtic fans arriving early the road is now closed. Hence the phone call from the warden to advise us to get here early or later.

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As you can see from the Memory Map screen shot it is close – the marker is very accurate for where I am sitting writing this.

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