Scotland Photos

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Edinburgh Castle

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The end of Edinburgh's Royal Mile

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Saw our first shinty match

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With Finnlay and Heather at their chocolate company

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Our Scottish church family

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Our favorite glen

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Coming into Arnisdale on Glen Shiel

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Lodge where Ian Fleming wrote some of his early James Bond novels

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Fleming's view across Loch Lourn to Knoydart, the most remote part of Scotland

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Ready for a getaway

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Sound of Sleat, looking between Knoydart and Skye

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Through the sheep-proof gate to the next pasture

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Lambs wool on the hoof

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Finished cutting enough firewood to get through the winter

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The road to Carn à Bhealaich Mhòir

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A six-mile hike on the craigs

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Peninsula behind us is where we are living

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One-of-a-kind location

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Walking to Neist Point Lighthouse on the Isle of Skye

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The Outer Hebrides in the background

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Rock hopping to the shoreline

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Watching the waves crash ashore

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A cliff walk for a different perspective

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Up where the brave sheep graze

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Neist Point Lighthouse from above

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Watched the sun set on the west side of Skye...

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...and the moon rise on the east side

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Can't have too many shots of the Cullins

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Ran into the Highway Patrol

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Not sure this guy could even see us

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Walked via the coast from Duirnish to Drambuie

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Dodging the storms

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Missed the rain but caught the rainbows

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Endless flowing water, near Sligachan

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Cold wind off the North Atlantic

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Always time for another castle visit

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Plenty of family compounds in the Orkneys...but no trees

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Lighthouse on its very own island

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Walkable when the tide goes out

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Sea stained rocks

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Skara Brea, mysterious settlement from 3180 BC

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They had to be hearty people.

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Watch your step.

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Best room in town

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Second best room in town

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Safe streets

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Pulling out of the harbour...

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...past dramatic cliffs

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Wonder what they're burning in their fireplace?

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Roadside goats

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Back in familiar territory

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About as far as you can go without a boat

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A ferry would be better.

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Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands

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Typical Orkney view

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Typical Orkney village

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Communication corner

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The Orkneys have a Norse history.

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The Italian Chapel, built by Italian POWs during WWII

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Every bit hand crafted and painted

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The cathedral in Kirkwall has a different ceiling.

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No painting required

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Lost sheep

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Ring of Brodgar, Neolithic henge

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Maybe 2500 BC

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Didn't get to Shetland, but they sent us some ponies

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Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness with no monster in sight

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Five Sisters, at the entrance to Glenelg

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Stone-fenced sheep farm in the glen

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Barracks built in 1722 to house English soldiers...

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...to keep the Jacobites Scots in check

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Telve Broch, community homes of the Picts...

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...built between 400 and 200 B.C

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On Bealach na Bà, highest auto road in the UK, not for the faint of heart

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At the summit, viewing the Cuillins over on Skye

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God's handiwork in winter

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What your Christmas tree is supposed to look like

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Finally in Applecross

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A table by the fireplace to warm up

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Remote Ard Dhubh

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In dry dock for repairs

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The competitor

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Endless coastline to explore

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These guys are everywhere!

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Shieldaig

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A church from our past

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The weaping tombstone

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The view from Gairloch

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Evening sun to guide us home

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"My heart's in the Highlands a'chasing the deer." - Burns

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You know you've been accepted by the locals when they ask you to play in their pub band.

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On the road to Elgol

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Arrived at the farm...

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...in time for a surprise snowstorm

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Clear on the coast where the mayor of Elgol greeted us personally

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Elgol primary school on the edge of the sea

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Waiting for the fog on Sgurr Aladair to clear

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A view worth waiting for

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The mountains followed us home.

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A scene from Psalm 23

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The Allt Dhiuirinis cresting in the town of Duirinish

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Red Cedar, high above Loch Carron

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Red Cedar needles

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The road to Ardaneaskan

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The remains of Strome Castle (circa 1470) on the opposite end of our loch

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Strome, home to Clan MacDonald, was besieged by Clan MacKenzie in 1602

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Sunset over the Isle of Skye from Ardarroch

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Early morning through the skylight

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With Ossian and some of the locals for a celebration

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Losing the battle of Culloden was a turning point for Scotland.

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The Memorial Cairn and the Well of the Dead

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The Highlanders right flank

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Drummossie Moor where many died

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The Scots fought by clans.

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For Outlander fans

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A house on the battlefield

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With new friends Richard and Fiona on their croft

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Yes, there are hens that lay blue eggs.

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Highlands Soay Sheep are self-shearing.

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Examining the shed wool

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In the Cuillin Mountains

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Trying to catch up to my guide

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Following the runoff

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A place to read Psalm 19

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Maybe a swim

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The Fairy Pools

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Heading toward the saddle

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The Old Man of Storr

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Peaceful valley

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Not lost, just looking

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Portree from the harbour

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Chimneys by moonlight

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Dunvegan Castle, ancestral home of the McLeod Clan

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The Hobbit's other house

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It's for sale!

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The first to arrive

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The cemetary outlasted the church.

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Roadside waterfall

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Time for church

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A high position in the community

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History disappearing

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Inverness, the capital of the Highlands

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Trying to figure out pub philosophy

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Highland hot chocolate (no whisky involved)

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Winter wonderland

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On the trail to Coral Beach

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The beauty of the outdoors

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Coral Beach

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Coral Beach "sand"

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Looking across to the Isle of Skye

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Shopping locally for eggs

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For my son-in-law the weatherman

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Hold my calls

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Just above freezing

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Snow on the longstraw

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Snowy palms this morning

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Another dusting at dusk

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Checking out the back yard

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The sun breaks through

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Please, Hon, can we keep him?

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My Highlands partner

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Our kitchen

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Our living room

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Our cottage on Loch Carron

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View from the front yard

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Looking down our lane

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Downtown, from the dock

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Ours is the last on the left.

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Every Scotish village needs a castle.

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A chilly morning in the neighborhood

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On our way over to Duncraig Castle

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Hoar frost on the trail

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Duncraig, built in 1866

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Nearby Eilean Donan Castle is much older.

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Often misty and always mysterious Glencoe

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Portree, on Skye, just before dawn

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Always thinking of family (Thanksgiving 2023)