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Who says the dour Scots have no sense of humor?

After leaving the Three Sisters we drove a short distance to the Glencoe Visitor Center. The heat was pretty intense and the Visitor Center offered a snack bar with cold drinks as well as a souvenir shop. The gift shop primarily carried hiking and nature books along with some of the least tacky souvenirs we were to see in Scotland. I was tempted by a few of the Scottish military history books but decided to wait until we reached Edinburgh where I assumed we might find a discount book store. After we finally packed-up and left the Visitor Center we drove a few more miles to the Ballachulish area where Mark had to refill the bus's gas tank. This is where I saw this silly sign and where I got a great deal on a hiking stick with built in flashlight, compass and bottle opener. A definite "must-have" item.
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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