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May 14, 2015

The MV Hebrides weighs over 5500 tons and was about 20 from the dock where the vehicles go on so I wondered how this was going to come together. The bows opens and winches begin creeping this massive ship forward until about a meter from the dock And then the ramp comes out like sticking […]

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Lochmaddy, Isle of Skye with Sun!

May 14, 2015

Last night it was clear instead of the overcast/rain for the past week and it never really got dark. There wasn’t a full moon so it must be the latitude.  Here is 5:15 from my window. The view in front of the Redburn was so much better.

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Berneray, N. Uist

May 13, 2015

Was today’s destination. A small island connected to the north by a causeway. The bus dropped me at their local shop & tea room and I set out to see what was to be seen. There are not a lot of people on this set of islands and even fewer of them are children.  One […]

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Bayhead, N. Uist

May 12, 2015

I took the bus to the western part of the island to Bayhead then hopped off to take a wee walk around a circular road stating just past the local shop and then ending at the shop. When the sun shone & I got a break from the winds from the protection of some small […]

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UK election in Scotland summed up in one picture

May 12, 2015

I can’t show the cheers I heard in Glasgow all night as the SNP rolled Labour up and tossed it in a ditch, but as I walked about in Lochmaddy, this said it all!

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Lochmaddy, N. Uist

May 11, 2015

The bus ride from Lochblaisdale to Lochmaddy is about 1 1/2 hours.  The ride is nearly devoid of trees due to heavily peaty soil in the low lands that does not sustain either trees or farmland and lack of fertile soil in the higher levels coupled primarily with winds that uprooted or stripped many of […]

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Oban to Lochboisdale S. Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

May 10, 2015

Sometimes the journey is the event by itself.  Yesterday it was a 5 hour boat ride in sunny conditions that was the pleasure.  Oban is a very protected harbour and the jump off point to many of the inner & outer islands.       I took a photo of the chart so I could […]

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My friend Mike wrote a wee ode to my trip for which I am very grateful

May 8, 2015

WANDERING A wandrin’ Sco’land with Wiile B He hae no time to take no pee An’ tho the rain may smite h’ face He wi’ not slow his chosen pace For his mind is set upon a place His pack be light ‘n’ stride be strong And to h’ self he hum a song For […]

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Pollok House & the Burrell Collection

May 7, 2015

I began the day at that memorable Scottish store, TJ Maxx.  Ok, maybe not so much but, since my High Sierra rolling duffle had both wheels damaged and gashes & scraps in the bottom, I feared it would fail in some remote point of my peregrination. So I picked up a 4 wheel hard case […]

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Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum – Glasgow

May 6, 2015

This museum/gallery is a must see.  Even the outside is mind-blowing. I walked in to an organ recital going on in the main entranceway Mandatory stuffed animals, dinos etc And some of Charles Rennie Macintosh’s iconic work. Was he a tall man? I ask since so many of his chairs are high backed. This set […]

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