Comments on: The Scottish Highlands in eleven days

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:38:26 +0000

I see a SMART CAR !

The same one you commented on in 2004 in fact ;-) Not ideal as an only car, but more than capable whether that be a 2000km return run on the Autobahn to Germany, or up and down the winding single-track roads of the Scottish Highlands.

By: icerabbit

icerabbit — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:17:27 +0000

Jumped over here via Flickr and will have to re-read your travel log in detail ... but just had to say:

OMG !
I see a SMART CAR !

C fell in love with them when she visited Belgium. They're now finally here in the US, since last year, so from time to time we spot one the highway and both simultaneously say "Hey there's a smart" and consider one for the future.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:21:50 +0000

@ David: Speaking of "Mull" and "shivers", "Mull of Kintyre" by Wings has always called to me, even though we didn't get to the Kintyre peninsula either. Had to leave something for next time ;-)

By: David

David — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:05:35 +0000

A marathon for such a little car! Nearest photo I have from just about over the Sonachan Hotel, looking south. Shame you missed out Mull, but I suppose it's a detour too far in the time period. The Cuillins send shivers down my spine - from a bygones day of hill running...

By: Bruce

Bruce — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:02:10 +0000

You know, the ones that have carpets in the bathroom :-)

ROFL! Yeah, we know those Jan. That's the beauty of being able to research places to stay on the Internet. If a potential place didn't have reasonable photos it was ruled out; if it had carpet in the bathroom it was ruled out...

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:35:36 +0000

I wish this compilation had existed prior to my Scotland holiday. Very, very well done! It's a lot better than the Scotland travel guide I bought. I now understand why you wanted to mark certain waypoints with your GPS logging device.

My experience with WiFi was a little different though. There was hardly any free WiFi available at the places we stayed. It would have saved me quite a few bucks on my iPhone bill as international data roaming is still very expensive. But then our accommodation in the Highlands was mostly two star. You know, the ones that have carpets in the bathroom :-)

For anyone wanting to do some hiking on Skye I recommend this website:

http://www.skyewalk.co.uk

They offer downloadable track files for your GPS device so you don't get lost. Well, at least as long you don't run out of battery :-)

There's a rather short walk that takes you directly to a large seal colony. Great for taking photos:

http://www.skyewalk.co.uk/dunveganseals.shtml

I'd recommend a 300mm focal length telephoto lens with <= f/4 and a tripod.