Cooling off in the Water Nevis

The Water Nevis is the name of the stream and it was every bit as cool (frigid) as I anticipated. I slipped off my socks and sneakers and waded in. What I didn't count on was how rocky the bottom was. I could barely stand up in the raging torrent because of the slippery and oddly shaped rocks in the creekbed. I kept hopping from foot to foot and teetering on the verge of falling down. I wasn't about to deliberately immerse myself like some of these Eastern Europeans.

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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