Climbing up the hill

Highland Games

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July 14th 2012
We got a fairly early start today so that we could make it to the Loch Lomond Highland Games held at the south end of the largest lake in Scotland. The town was called Balloch and rightly so!!! Ballochs - the games had been cancelled and rescheduled for September.....well, what about our needs! The website, as recent as last night, showed nothing about the cancellation. We debated whether to stay ... read more

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