And this is why they call them "The Highlands"

Shortly after leaving Tyndrum the scene outside our bus windows shifted from brownish-green grass pasturelands to lush green fields spotted with groves of trees nestled beneath towering mountains. Not Alp-like mountains but imposing large chunks of rock that appeared as if some giant dropped them into these gently rolling hills.

Day Seven (Carlisle to the Scottish Highlands)

July 19th 2006
A nice hot shower before bed helped me cool off a bit so I slept well through the night. We enjoyed a rather sumptuous buffet breakfast at the hotel. We had scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, broiled tomatos, cereals, oatmeal, orange and tomato juices and the ever-popular baked beans. In Italy and France I found most of the breakfasts pretty lacking while I've never gone wrong in Germany and Austr ... read more

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