Adios...for now

Yesterday had us depart Skye

 

with weather clearing and still lochs....

we drove through the stunning highlands on our way to Glasgow to spend our last days in Scotland...

I've decided poking at this piece of glass is NO fun, and posting from remote locations is tedious and time consuming often producing no results...

I'm going to recap our adventures when I get home in October....

So Adieu ....

 

While I take advice from an old friend...

and

BE HERE NOW

Wet...

                                                                            The weather has been seriously wet on The Isle of Skye.

 

Not too chilly though....in the low 60's for the high and low 50's for the low.

It has not dampened our spirits though, and with rain pants on board we have been trapesing about this magical island.

We have also been eating our way through Scotland....the smoked salmon has been the best...buttery and delicious.

Tomorrow we head for Glasgow....the land of Charles MacIntosh

This one's for Kelly....

Real time Isle of Skye...

 

One small photo per day is all the speed here will allow....

We've passed this graveyard three times now going back and forth from our B & B on Skye...

The weather has turned to driving rain .... not totally unexpected

Good news ... no midges.

OX

Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK

 

Standing Stones of Stenness

(with sheep...)

Houston we have a problem....

Try as I might, it has been impossible to post my blogs due to slow internet speeds where we we've been.

So I'm going to try a brief version....

Weather has been warm & sunny and cool and rainy.

With lots of

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Whiskey, Plaid & 

white knuckle driving down narrow winding roads....

(To be fair, it's me the navigator with the white knuckles, gripping my seat as we get too close to the curb...)

Let's see if this works....

Edinburgh....

Our first few days in Scotland have been spent in Edinburgh...

These are my impressions...

 

Roslyn Chapel...

 

 

Amazing stacked rock everywhere we look...

 

Villages within a city...

 

 delightful passages...

 

And lanes

 

My happy place...

 

Bountiful hanging baskets...

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More pubs than we could count...

 

A haunted graveyard...

 

A meet up with an old friend...

 

Lots of hills and interesting architecture...

 

Baffling artifacts...

 

And an inspiring exhibit of Joseph Beuys works on paper...

We spent these last few days mostly recovering from a grueling journey here plus jet lag.

Now rejuvenated, Mr. H and I are driving (he the pilot, me the navigator, itinerary in hand...)

north through Cairngorms National Park and we'll spend the night in Aviemore.

We head for Findhorn in the morning.

The weather has been lovely, we have great wheels and a GPS....we are in heaven.

Touchdown......

Glasgow, Scotland, UK

 

 

 

 

 

First impression....

Green

(Second Impression....wet)