Trip to Scotland (Pics)
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Trip to Scotland (Pics)
Some of the reasons why we love Scotland. Taken at mid october. Hope you enjoy them. Thanks to Chrisoff for a couple of recommendations.
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No problem! I'm glad you had a good trip and you got some excellent photos.Sylvester wrote:Thanks to Chrisoff for a couple of recommendations.
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I just love travel photos. The first one is a quite different landscape than I've seen before---the floor of the woods with little green hills. Thank you for showing your lovely pictures.
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Those are great pictures. It makes me miss the place even more than I already do. I was there last July/Aug. Where is the photo of the castle taken from? I'd love to see that next time I'm there.
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Thanks a lot, it's good sharing this with you all. I'm not a good photographer, nor my camera is pretty good (a tiny compact 5 mpixels wihout optical zoom) Scotland is just like that. No special effort to take them or looking for places. The recipe is dense woods, changing light, lots of running water, mountains and glens. You just have to go.Whistlin'Dixie wrote:Oh, how lovely!
You take beautiful pictures.
It makes me want to go there!
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Alcona, the path to the castle has a fence. Most people gets astonished by the castle view and goes directly to Dunottar after crossing it, hypnotised like. However, just at the right of the fence there's a small gate leading to a small half ruined wood bridge and a path to the surrounding hill. The picture was taken from that bridge.
BTW, I had a warm welcome at a session at Inverness. Plenty of great fiddlers. They really enjoy Irish flute playing since it's not very commoon up there. They made the most satisfying compliment I've ever received saying. "...Gosh man, you sound so Irish!" I miss them everyday . One of the guys was about to get a Hammy and was very excited to have a go at my Murray. Great people all of them.
Thanks guys.
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Loch Katrine I think. We went on board of the steam ship. We usually try to not to get involved in those "tourist" things; however, I didn't have the feeling. It was rather chilly, windy and rainy that morning and few people got onto the boat.Innocent Bystander wrote:They are right bonny. Was that Loch Maree?
Weather was terrible. I love it!
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djm wrote:Its wonderful to get a view of something so remote and exotic.
It's strange seeing the place I've lived all my life being described like that.
Here's a picture I took on a bike ride a couple of months ago, looking over Stonehaven with Dunottar Castle just peeking over the hill in the background:
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Yes, I have cousins still in Scotland (Inverness) but the reality is that I am unlikely to ever be able to afford to get over there. It is so strange for me to see things more than fifty years old. When things get to be a hundred years old here they get knocked down and replaced with something cheaper (and eaiser to knock down for next time). And friends and relatives from Scotland when they're here tell of the things that strike them as strange when they get over here: the amount of space, the fact that they can own land here, no such thing as class distinctions, and houses that would be beyond hope at home, etc. So I guess in their own ways, each place is exotic to each of us.chrisoff wrote:It's strange seeing the place I've lived all my life being described like that.
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I'd rather be atop the foothills than beneath them.