this is Hamish, one of the Highland Coo's.. he just happens to like a bitta tucker and a pat
being on the wrong end of this would most certainly rip you a new one
"dont take the photo yet..."
the weather was starting to close in
"u are taking the photo before I am ready aren't u?"... never
These rocky falls were at the Falls of Dochart
This bagpiper, stands out in the middle of nowhere, playing for cash - he charges you $$ if you want your photo taken with him, and he isn't even fucken Scottish, he is a bloody pom.
this piccie shows all the peat bogs that were near our lunch spot, the whole land is covered in them
this was out lunch spot on day 1, not a bad view
some wild dear... running wild
if you look closely, you can see dear shit
this was the spot where we had arvo tea, again, some damn good views
this is the bridge going over to the Isle of Skye
this is some thorny yellow bush that was everywhere, it smelt like coconuts
this is Heather, when it flowers, they make Scotch from it. and its fucken everywere, hence the reason they make so much Scotch in Scotland, actually they dont just make it out of Heather, they will make it out of anything.
it kinda looks cold, and it bloody was, but there was no way we were missing out on the views because of a little bit of cold weather. There is a track behind Fish that we were gonna follow
i think this is at an area called Niece, behind that little hill is a light house
the sheep are everywhere, they just run wild
"don't take the photo yet..."
the sites down here reminded me of Jurasic park, the hills are so high, and so perfect
this is the lighthouse we walked to see. When the weather gets a bit warmer they see lots of sharks and whales here
now that we walked to the lighthouse, we had to bloody well walk back
the Highland Coo comes in 3 flavors, white, red and black.
This is a "blackhouse" No windows, no chimneys. they used to live in these and burn peat to keep warm. the burning of the Peat would turn the inside of the houses (and the occupants lungs) black. They would spread the old Peat along the floor and this shitty stuff was named "THRESH", this lead to the old saying "carry your wife over the threshhold" - the threshhold being the doorway which held the thresh in
there are seal over there.
apparently mine and Fish's tips on generating wind are not enuff, so they have wind farms
this was a pretty awesome place we went too, but i can't tell you anymore about it, its secret stuff
views from the secret area
most of the roads in Skye are only wide enuff for 1 car, with heaps of passing areas
they think this was an ancient house, used to hide from the bloody English when they were on yet another of their rampages on Scottish soil
the stonemason carving this headstone got cranky about something and never finished the bloody thing
the gravestone that is a boulder, sits over the top of a grave of a hiker who was killed by a boulder that dislodged on a mountain and killed him
fish looks cold here, cold was a bloody understatement. and windy - we had to walk up a hill and i wasn't even puffing - cause the wind was so strong it pushed us up
but never let a bit of cold weather get in the way of awesome views
this is known as Kilt Rock cause of the pattern in the rocks. the really cool thing here is they have a rail set up so you dont fall over the edge, this rail is made up of pipes that make sounds when the wind blows and it sounded pretty cool
wild sheep that hasn't been shered in a coupla a years, she was determined not to have her photo taken
Eileen Doonan Castle, was the pick of the castles we went in to
dont let that little bit of blue sky fool you. In about an hour it was snowing
the group of us on the tour. they can take up to 16pple per bus but fortunatly for us there was just the 6 of us and our awesome tour guide Karen.
at the end of this channel, past the bridge is Loch Ness... I quickly ran to it, as apparently at the end of the rainbow is not just a pot of gold, but also Nessie
see that little bit of movement in the water... thats Nessy
they aren't just any rocks in the foreground of the picture, they are Nessy Nuggets
locals who spend a lot of time on Loch Ness reckon there is at least 19 Nessy's out there - the body of water is massive, and dirty, nd really farkin deep
yes real Scotts do not wear anything under their kilts. It goes back mega years and it was easier for them not to wear undies
