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Highlands and Islands In a Week part 5
The next morning we set out for Glen Affric hoping the weather would hold for our planned walk. We drove up the glen to the Forestry Commission carpark near Dog Falls. No sign of the Lord of the Forest from the previous evening but the scenery was as gorgeous.There are a choice of tracks to follow, most of which take you to the Falls - we decided on what seemed the longest one and set off.Around 5 paces onto the path I came across these wonderful roots and stopped to take some pictures. The ... read more
In Loving Memory
Dearest Mystical,I was heartbroken to hear of your crossing over. I know that you have moved on to a place where your body can no longer hinder you, where you are free from pain and free to create mischief and laughter. I hoist the purple bras up the flagpole in your honour and I have no doubt we will meet again.I love you sister and friend.PDWLight a ... read more
Wisdom
I am the one who comes forth from the darkI am the one who composts ideas and experiencesI am the one who manifests changeI am the one who transforms the dead wood into sustenanceI am the one who is patientI am the one who is older than the treesI am the one who is earthy and fecund]I am the one who is a flickering light in the ... read more
Highlands and Islands In a Week part 4
The downside of @ having to return to work was missing bosies but the upside was that I got to have two duvets on my bed at night. I slept with more warmth. Speaking of sleep, I am reminded of the tale @ told everyone at breakfast on the Monday morning...Apparently I was snoring like a kitten (must have been something to do with the clear mountain air!) and in the middle of a snore I whispered "that one that one that one and that one"... Much analysis took place over whether I was choosing new ... read more
Highlands and Islands In a Week part 3
On Monday I had an inkling of where we were going but @ had no idea...We drove down Loch Ness to Invermoriston and took the road to Kyle through Glen Moriston and along the banks of Loch Cluanie. We passed through Glen Shiel under the Five Sisters before the road took us to the shores of Loch Duich. At the end of the loch lies one of the most used scenes from Scotland, Castle Eilean Donan. It is as pretty as the pictures, even with the tour buses in view :)The road passes on to the shores of ... read more
Highlands and Islands In a Week part 2
I've cobbled together a map, which I think has a centimetre missing, to give an idea of the routes we took. My road map only shows up A class and B class roads so the struggling-to-be-a -single-track-road roads we took in some places aren't there. But you get the picture :)Sunday's trip was prompted by Dad asking "What do you want to do tomorrow?" and my reply of "Hmmm well I've never really seen much of Sutherland and aren't there some really cool beaches up there?"So we set off around 9:30am ... read more
Highlands and Islands In a Week part 1
@ and I set out from Edinburgh early last Saturday to catch the train to Fort William. Neither of us had done this trip by train and having now experienced it we agree with all recommendations that it should be on the list of things to do before you die.If you catch the very early train from Edinburgh, which I think might be the tail end of the Caledonian Sleeper Northbound, you can travel without changes. We decided on the slightly more reasonable 7:15am departure which involves a train to ... read more
Snippet From The Journey
I'm home again and catching up with mundane life. I had a wonderful time and have about seven million pictures to sort through - most a bit better quality than the camera phone ones I have been posting throughout the week. We had many moments as beautiful and awe inspiring as the one above, taken in Sutherland - I'll be blogging more about the trip ... read more
Wildlife Sightings
So far we have seen... red deer, buzzards, wild goats, hares, heron,pheasant, hooded crow, frogspawn, sea ? eagles, a ... read more
Waiting for my porridge
A chilly morning at Ancarraig Lodges. Train journey yesterdaygorgeous. Cable car up Aonach Mor windy and high. ... read more
Ready To Go
Well I didn't get the clays out yesterday. Instead I packed my suitcase and got myself almost totally organised for my trip. Call it productive procrastination, or call it living proof that I have learned some lessons about Being Ready Ahead of Time. I don't leave for my trip until early tomorrow.
The only thing I haven't done is complete the partner for this sock. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending how you look at it, my Mum ... read more
Creative Play
I made a conscious effort today to have a newsfast. It's just too easy to get sucked into the negativity *out there* and I always try to be aware of my own tendency to get hold of a bone and chew on it until I reach emotional exhaustion. I could drown in information overload about depleted uranium for instance, but I've done some info-trawling and I've put my thoughts about the use of the Solway in writing in all the directions I can think of. For now I have to let go and accept the boundaries ... read more
International Petition to Ban Uranium Weapons
Campaign - International Petition to Ban Uranium WeaponsFor those of you who wish to add your voice to the movement to ban the manufacturing, testing and deployment of depleted uranium munitions, click the above ... read more