Scotland 2005

SOME of us were hardy enough to make history by doing the Macarena on the shores of Tioram. We wanted to do it AT Tioram, but the tide was in.

Many, many happy years!

A beautiful bride, and beautiful table.

The mandatory piggyback ride. We woud've done it outside, but it was pouring.

Bob and Diana (no those aren't kneesocks, those are kilt hose. )

My hike on the last day. Got soaked.

We don't even know what this place was, just amazing, on the way back from Ft. William.

Got lucky on this, on our last supply run to Fort William, waited for the new couple to come outside.

More beautiful wildlife.

Our little one lane road, where you honestly can't see WHAT"S around the corner. And our fabulous driver Chris!

A typical view on the lovely one lane road. Get left! Get left!

We lucked out on this trio in Strontian, how perfect is that?

There were just too many beautiful things to take pictures of.

The Shaka painting.

Gardner's Cottage, with our little red car.

One of our beautiful Red Deer, hanging out at Gardner's.

When Sandra says "Rum and Coke", she MEANS it!

Across the Viaduct, thanks Lyle!

Knackered.

Maillag, way up north.

Got Guinness? In Maillag, lunch stop and turnaround for the train.

What a crew!

Shaka took Bob's seat. And never gave it back. :)

The Jacobite!

Scottish phone queue. Waiting for the ferry...

The stone wall along the walk from Dorlinn to our cottage, Gardner's.

Tide's out! Tim, Kathy, Ellen, Chris

The workmanship was amazing.

Heather and the castle

Hi Chris!

Michelle, this is for you. I love this picture.

Tim and I, on our way to Castle Tioram

Dorlinn Cottage

I love this picture of Sandra.

A great pic of Bob and Michelle, with his new hat.

Squishing my cute friend Chris, in Dorlinn.

Surprising Bob with the Jimmy hats, the look on his face was priceless!

Still waiting....

Sandra, Kathy, Chris and Hana

Shaka patiently waiting for me to finish my Steak and Ale Pie

See ya Jimmy!

Ellen and Kathy, waiting to suprise Bob...

The Jimmy Hats!

Kathy, Chris and Hana, having a pint in the Grog and Gruel, Fort William

Bob, doing what he does best, rolling a smoke.

Colonel (Michelle's Dad), Chris, Hana, Michelle, Sandra, Bob and Tim, High Street, Fort William

Diana, ringing the very heavy bell. It had a beautiful tone.

This beautiful church needs some work inside, we were the only ones there.

Tim and Chris, we all lit Memorial candles.

Beautiful church in Glenfinnan

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A Highland cow, I loved these guys!

Just your average stone bridge

Wooly with a long tail. Even the sweaters still smell like sheep.

The first of many meals around Dorlinn kitchen table. Colonel, Bob, Tim, Hana, Chris, Sandra, Michelle, Kathy and Ellen. Cheers!

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Glencoe, takes your breath away.

The Colonel, Lyle, Bob and Tim

The Inn where Bob bought us all lunch... finally. :) Thanks Bob!

Meeting up with Chris and Sandra, L to R, Michelle, Shaka, Sandra, Chris, Hana, Ellen

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The first of my many stone wall photos....

My first of many, many sheep photos. I love the softness of the atmosphere.

That is Tim way down there... "If you come back again I will taunt you a second time!"

Dah da da Daaaah! Duone Castle (Castle Anthrax) from Monty Python, A MUST see for Tim!

The town of Duone

Our first real view of the beautiful Scottish countryside.

Our view most of the way to Dorlinn, the back of Bob's van. Tim was just learning to think left....

A couple of pipers in Prince's Square, Glasgow

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I love this one

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I (Diana) couldn't get enough pictures of this cathedral.

Glasgow Cathedral, incredible, built in 1300 (if we remember right)

Tim and Diana in Glasgow, in her way cool boots

Our first kilted man in Glasgow

Here's our first view of Scotland. Who said the weather might be a bit overcast?

We're here

Just a quick post to be able to say that I updated the blog from the UK.

We're here! After many hours on many airplanes and experiences for a few good stories, we're in Glasgow.

I only have 2 minutes left on our internet for hire terminal so I must be going.

I promise to write more later and embellish as much as possible.

Dorlin Cottage

I just learned that we will be staying at Dorlin Cottage in Dorlin. The online description is very nice and we hope that reality follows.

Our hosts tell us that they stay at the Hamster Cottages frequently and that they are every bit as nice as promised. Of course, Hamster Cottages immediately brings to mind a series of bright orange and yellow interconnected tubes and the smell of cedar shavings.

More to come...

Decision...

"Wanna' go to Scotland?" she asked.
"Scotland?" I asked.
"Yeah, Scotland." as if, why not Scotland?
"Sure, OK. Scotland." I replied, in complete agreement, as always.

Diana and I made the decision today to go to Scotland.

Ok, actually we thought about going to Scotland several months ago but finances being what they were, minimal that is, we had to decline a truly inviting invitation.

Some wonderful friends (we've never met them) invited us to come to Scotland and celebrate their fast approaching wedding. Well, one wonderful friend and one Scottish oddball retired cop is probably more descriptive and accurate. The oddball retired cop will almost certainly be a wonderful friend by the time this journey is complete. If not, batting .500 ain't all that bad.

The soon to be happy couple met as they say "on the internet". They normally have a fearful are you nuts? hush to their voice when they refer to something that they can't begin to relate to. Diana and I completely relate as we also met "on the internet". We've been married for almost five years so we know it can and does work.

That's the beginning of the Scotland story and I promise to write as much as I can in the coming weeks to let you all know how it goes. I don't of course know who you may be so feel free to reply to these posts and let me know who is watching from the sidelines.

Tim

Scotland 2005

Friday, October 14, 2005

Saturday, October 01, 2005

We're here

Friday, August 05, 2005

Dorlin Cottage

Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Decision...

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