Loch Ness at sunset

Scotland and the midges

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May 27th 2012
After two nights in the castle we headed to Scotland to visit some old friends. We brought some warm, sunny weather from Tennessee with us. We stayed a few nights in a caravan on Loch Goil but decided to leave a day early because of the midges. We have nothing to compare with the midges in the states, thank the lord. They are small flies that like to bite and they were everwhere. One of my f ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more