I told a fib! Here’s just one more ......
It after 10pm and the sun is just thinking about setting. It’s light most of the night.
Rocketing along from Edinburgh to Oban we seemed surrounded by sleepy green giants guarding the lochs and rivers. Deep river valleys, lush and moist. Dense green woods with mossy undergrowth and thickets of deep pink rhododendrons. Moss and lichens on all the trees and many of the rocks. Wild flowers everywhere bigger and bolder than elsewhere. Ferns and brackens. Trees slapping at our carriage as we whipped along the valleys.
Small flocks of black-faced fat white sheep. Stone walls and forests of Christmas trees climb the huge monoliths.
And that’s just one short train trip. Just wait till get on the road with our wee motor home!
Edinburgh was a overnight stop but we will return. Oban (west coast) is a quaint port and we’re experiencing typical Scottish summer weather - showers and 13C today. Brrr.... Yes it is summer and almost the summer equinox!
Tomorrow we head out to sea to the Hebrides with their jagged peaks and heather-clad hills. That’s me - I’ll get a photo! Then we make our way to the tiny island of Iona, birthplace of Christianity in Britain. Then over the sea to Skye ... da da .... Sea stacks, whales, malt whiskey, Muckle Flugga, Iron Age towers, storm petrels, puffins and ...... Talk about contrasts - from the deserts of central Asian to the rocky cliffs of the Atlantic. I’ll fill you in anon .......
Lindsay found a gorgeous path behind our B&B
A potters shed at the bottom of the garden
A Scottish blackberry - sweet and juicy.
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