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| A hairy coo in the sunshine |
We saw
more hairy coos this morning! After a “photo photo” stop, we headed
to Plockton where there were more “photo photo”s taken of the gorgeous mirror-still loch. The sun was shining for the first time really today, which made the loch, and later Loch Carron, look even
more beautiful.
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| A hairy coo and her baby coo |
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| Picture postcard perfect - Loch Carron |
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| Justine, Beth & Megan at Loch Carron |
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| View down a Scottish glen |
We had a picnic lunch on a beach near Gairloch and a rather
competitive game of football was played before a rather humourous game of frisbee. Next
stop was Corrieshalloch Gorge where I got the fright of my life when a low-flying jet thundered above us and then I wasn’t
even allowed to relieve myself afterwards!
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| Footy on the beach |
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| Corrieshalloch Gorge |
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| Megan and Carbisdale Castle - can you see it? |
We stopped
in Ullapool for a while and we practiced skimming stones. In all it was a relaxing
day, which was good given the night we had coming up! We stopped for the night
in a real haunted castle. Once built for a fussy duchess, Carbisdale Castle was actually donated to the YHA to promote peace amongst people. The castle was
fabulous – full of art and statues, including a priceless painting and a statue linked to a secret passageway… The cooks in the group cooked for the rest of us (thanks guys!) and soon we were telling
ghost stories in the dining room. It wasn’t long before I entertained/scared-shitless
the team by screaming at the top of my lungs and jumping two feet out of my chair. Ah
yes, some things never change!
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| A slighty closer view of Carbisdale Castle |
Click here for the international preview of "Scary Movie", a Rochelle-Justine-Jenny-Megan debut film.
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| Carbisdale Castle, possibly the only youth hostel to have renaissance statutes in the foyer?! |
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