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The day was looking good when we woke and we all got ready for a walk down to the harbour at Abersoch. It is an old fishing village but is now a beach resort with many houses bought up as weekenders. The shops are quite upmarket and expensive. It was lovely down in the village…
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On our first morning of the Welsh tour by Sean it was quite warm and sunny. We were at the back of the Dunham Arms where we had a peaceful sleep after our big night in the pub having diner and playing pool. We got on the road and our first stop was Wrexham –…
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We woke to brilliant sunshine at the Falkirk Wheel. It was getting busy at the visitors centre but it was still quiet where we were. Sean had already been for his 30 mile return cycle to Linlithgow along the union canal path. We walked to the top area of the Falkirk wheel and through the…
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The weather was amazingly different from last night when we woke on the side of Loch Lomond. It was very sunny with a light wind. We got going early so that we arrived at Hill House in Helensburgh 5 minutes before opening time. We watched the gates being unlocked and were the first visitors inside.…
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We woke to an initially dry morning in Fearnoch Forest – but the rain was on its way. Glenn did a quick bird walk and saw new birds to him this year the great spotted woodpecker and the gold crest. It was raining by the time we got on our way down the Mull of…
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We woke up to a nice sunny view across the sea loch at Invercoe. It was nice to use the facilities and we got going eventually to the Glencoe visitors centre. It was still quiet when we got there – lots of parking. The displays on geology, flora and fauna and history were very interesting.…
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We got on the road early in rainy conditions after being stopped yesterday due to the road closure. The scenery was dramatic going through the glens surrounded by high mountains. We stopped at a lay by and found it was the site of the Battle of Glenn Shiel in the Jacobite uprising of 1719. 200…
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The day was looking much brighter and we were looking forward to our day’s trip down to Glencoe. We said goodbye to Brendan and his Dutch friend Mellor and headed off. On the way out we bought some of Brendan’s eggs – it’s an honesty box at the gate. It’s a nicely painted caravan for…
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We started our tour of Skye sights at midday as we needed to recover from the previous late night – for me 11pm was very late. We left Glenn to help Brendan put his solar panels up. Lisa, Sean and I went through Broadford and Portree up to Uig on the west side of Skye.…
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I started off the day with a 5 star presentation of porridge by chef Glenn. We slept well despite the strong wind all night – and it was still very wild. We got going and went down to Nairn East Beach for a little walk. The birds were all hiding due to the winds even…