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An evening stroll through Newtonmore  
   

An evening stroll through Newtonmore

We enjoyed a nice dinner followed by a sumptuous dessert tray. Gail and her mother opted to hang around for the rest of the show but fearing the very real possibility of audience participation, I beat a hasty retreat. I decided to take a walk through the little downtown of Newtonmore. I ran into another member of our group, Jean Moyer, who I knew from our church back home. It wasn't much of a downtown commercially speaking but the homes along the street looked old and uniquely English. As usual I had to get a photo of the post office.
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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