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The outer limits

Jean and I extended our walk to the far reaches of the town. I really wanted to get a good picture of one of the Highlnd cattle but everytime I drew near one of them, they took off before I could get a decent shot. The home in the background also looked very interesting. During out stay in Newtonmore people continually talked about "Monarch of the Glen". Apparently it is some sort of British soap opera that has been showing on PBS or other channel I refuse to watch. Somebody in our group claimed that this house was seen in one of the episodes.
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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