Blogs from Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 4

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Geo: 57.8996, -5.1577Ullapool, ScotlandWe stopped about 11:45 to do a photo op of the old Oykel Bridge while standing on the new Oykel Bridge that goes over the Oykel River. One could not tell which bridge was the old one or new by their appearance, but it was nice to get off the bus for the lovely site. I am having a bad day dealing with the bus. I seem to notice the smells (mostly heavy doses of perfume and hand creams from the older women) and the cramp confines of the other people. We got into Ullapool about 12:45 made our lunch stop in a nice town by water. Usually on these stops I have allowed the older folks to be first to the restrooms and restaurants even though I am then rushed to eat ... read more

Every year in February Liz and Phil join several other families and hire a large house somewhere in Scotland for a week - this year the plan was for us to stay and look after the animals as the hired house was barely big enough for them all. Then we decided to find somewhere close to stay so we could join them for a few days - they went Saturday - Saturday and we drove up on the Tuesday, coming back as far as Barrow-in-Furness on the Sat then home on Monday. Setting out at 0400 was a bit of a struggle but after scraping the ice from the window and loading the dog we were on our way - passing Gretna Green at 8 but not arriving at our room in Lochcarron until nearly 4 ... read more

Ullapool to Perth Ok...so it has been a while since I last wrote anything...busy at work with a new job, etc etc, blah blah blah - you don't care, you just want to find out the excitement of our adventures! While 'adventure' may not exactly be how you describe our trips, it was still fun to look at so, so many waterfalls, mountains, sheep, ferns, castles and rocks. One trouble we found while dondering around Scotland, was the lack of post boxes. We came across this lack of said items on our way from Ullapool to Perth - Mum had a letter/postcard to send home to Dad and no where to post it from. Luckily, we found while driving along - the bright red does help to spot them - and it also gave us an ... read more

Monday 13th July Wagons west.......to Ullapool Of all the Scottish names of towns we have come across we cannot figure out how the name of Ullapool might have originated as it sounds rather unScottishlike. However that was where we are heading for today on the Scottish West coast. With no cooked breakfast included in our low overnight rate(we had found out that the rate for this hotel was usually GBP110!!!what a bargain we got at GBP39)we dined in on yogurt and toast. First stop and attraction for today was the large and very impressive fort built by the British a year after they defeated the Scots of Bonnie Prince Charlie at nearby Culledon Moor in 1746. Fort George was built on the coast on land that juts out into the Firth of Moray,the wide bay/inlet that ... read more