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I went to Scotland with family for a week in July.
Took the plane into Edinbarra, then went to St. Andrews at the east coast where the British Open were held so it was kinda busy around there.
Then drove all the way cross country up to Inverness (very nice, scenic drive through the highlands, Ben Nevis, Loch Ness and so on) and from there continued to the Isle of Skye where we wanted to stay in or near Portree which is the only bigger town on the island but due to the busy holiday season we ended up in a B&B in Glendale (far NW corner of Isle of Skye) which was at the end of a 10 mile (or so) single lane road with thousands of sheep near Neist Point (a well known POI in that area). Ass crack of nowhere basically.
Next stop was Oban, a nice little town at the west coast and from there it was back to Edinbarra.
We got very lucky with the weather because against all odds and warnings we barely saw a single drop of rain. Scotland is definitely most beautiful and I'd love to visit it again some time for some hiking or biking (off-road that is because I wouldn't wanna end up as roadkill).
And, yeah, the whisky was decent, too, in case anyone was wondering . Glenfarclas 10y, Oban 14y, Highland Park 12y… good stuff.
Some pics (fourth pic… the dude with the blue sweater is me at some Loch-whatever… can't remember everything, right? ):
Took the plane into Edinbarra, then went to St. Andrews at the east coast where the British Open were held so it was kinda busy around there.
Then drove all the way cross country up to Inverness (very nice, scenic drive through the highlands, Ben Nevis, Loch Ness and so on) and from there continued to the Isle of Skye where we wanted to stay in or near Portree which is the only bigger town on the island but due to the busy holiday season we ended up in a B&B in Glendale (far NW corner of Isle of Skye) which was at the end of a 10 mile (or so) single lane road with thousands of sheep near Neist Point (a well known POI in that area). Ass crack of nowhere basically.
Next stop was Oban, a nice little town at the west coast and from there it was back to Edinbarra.
We got very lucky with the weather because against all odds and warnings we barely saw a single drop of rain. Scotland is definitely most beautiful and I'd love to visit it again some time for some hiking or biking (off-road that is because I wouldn't wanna end up as roadkill).
And, yeah, the whisky was decent, too, in case anyone was wondering . Glenfarclas 10y, Oban 14y, Highland Park 12y… good stuff.
Some pics (fourth pic… the dude with the blue sweater is me at some Loch-whatever… can't remember everything, right? ):
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