Tain
Having had tea and scones in Tain and a walk along the shore, we then went for a walk in the nearby forest following the Aldie Burn Trail.
Scotland
Hector MacDonald Monument and Lunch
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
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
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.
Eilean Donan Castle
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
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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