Posted by: livelovethinkexist | July 12, 2009
Photos – The Seattle Years – 1977-1979 (Set Twenty One – Bike Trip to England, Scotland, Wales and France)
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This is an example of how hospitable folks were to me, while on my bike trip in the U.K.; and it was a fine place indeed to sleep at the end of a day – nice and dry!
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Here’s another excellent example of a place where I spent the night sleeping on the straw…a bike trip gives you a sense of honesty and humility, when relying on the assistance of perfect strangers for the necessities of life.
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At this point on my bike trip I’m in Scotland, and before me is a beautiful vista of the Scottish Highlands and the western coastline of Scotland in the distance.
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This must be the ferry terminal area at Mallaig, Scotland; where I took the car ferry to the “Isle of Skye,” and is pictured here with the tide out.
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I took the car ferry across the “Sound of Sleat” to Armadale, on the Isle of Skye; where it was a magical feeling to know that I was on this quaint unhurried island.
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Now I’ve arrived at Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness; which is 23 miles long and the famous home of “Nessie” the “Loch Ness Monster.”
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Urquhart Castle was one of medieval Scotland’s largest strongholds, and a beautiful place to ponder whether Nessie would make an appearance or not.
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Urquhart Castle still holds a commanding view over Loch Ness, and was beautifully maintained by the groundskeepers.
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The grounds at Urquhart Castle are very well tended, and offer a quiet and peaceful place to visit Loch Ness; and think of days long gone by and ponder the unsolved mysteries of our world.
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Urquhart Castle’s Grant Tower is only a ruin today, but you can imagine what life must have been like when this was a Scottish fortress and stronghold.
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Could any of the “wave shadows” in this photograph actually be “Nessie,” just beneath the surface of Loch Ness?
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I stopped to take a picture of this grand estate, somewhere in the pristine and tranquil countryside of Scotland.
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A timeless pastoral scene in Scotland, taken from a quaint “humpback bridge” of natural stone; in a setting that has the mystique of a novel written a hundred years ago.
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A beautiful example of the red “Highland Cattle” breed – the oldest registered breed of cattle, going back to 1885.
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Here’s the RRS Discovery in Dundee, Scotland; which was the ship of the successful Discovery Expedition to the Antarctic.
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