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General Category => General Scottish => Topic started by: Scott Thomson on June 27, 2010, 05:52:56 PM

Title: Holiday in the highlands
Post by: Scott Thomson on June 27, 2010, 05:52:56 PM
My girlfriend and I recently took a tour around the west coast, thought I'd post some photos.

Oban
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland019.jpg)


Dunnollie Castle, clan seat of the MacDougall, Lords of Lorne
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland047.jpg)


The view of the Isle of Mull and Duart Castle from the ferry
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland060.jpg)


A loch on Mull
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland082.jpg)


The bay in Fionnphort, Isle of Mull
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland087.jpg)


The view of the Isle of Iona, from Fionnphort harbour
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland085.jpg)


Martyr's Bay, Iona
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland103.jpg)


Iona Abbey
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland123.jpg)


St. Martin's Cross, Iona Abbey
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland127.jpg)


Sraid Nam Marbh (Street of the Dead), Iona Abbey
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland124.jpg)


Reilig Odhrain, Iona. Burial place of 48 Kings of Scots, and various Lords of the Isles
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland166.jpg)


Tobermory, Mull
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland171.jpg)


View for our bedroom window in Tobermory
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland177.jpg)


Duart Castle, seat of the clan MacLean
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland183.jpg)


Duart Castle from Below
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland197.jpg)


A view of the hills of Argyll on the mainland, from the ramparts of Duart Castle, Isle of Mull
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland194.jpg)


Inverness Castle at night
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland203.jpg)


Culloden memorial cairn, Culloden
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland204.jpg)


Well of the Dead, Culloden
(http://i498.photobucket.com/albums/rr343/Abaddon_the_Just/Grand%20Tour%20of%20Scotland/TourOfScotland218.jpg)
Title: Re: Holiday in the highlands
Post by: Stirling Thompson on June 28, 2010, 06:55:40 AM
Great photos Scott! Maybe someday I'll get to see all these places in person.
Title: Re: Holiday in the highlands
Post by: Mary on June 28, 2010, 07:04:16 AM
Hi Scott!

Good to see you back online and with such GREAT pictures! Wow....what a beautiful country. As the possibility of ever getting to Scotland looks pretty slim right now, I can 'live vicariously' through your photos  :)  I know we all appreciate you taking the time and thought to post these .....and to identify them! So often we see photos of "place" in Scotland but they don't always identify the locations.

I have this secret hope that we will get our Lyon Court recognition and then we'll hold our Annual General Meeting in the borders of Scotland to celebrate! It would give members an additional "oomph" to get to Scotland - that we would all be together celebrating our ancestry, history and future...........
Title: Re: Holiday in the highlands
Post by: Michael Thompson on July 02, 2010, 03:27:41 PM
Brilliant photos Scott, really enjoyed them
Title: Re: Holiday in the highlands
Post by: John ThomsonHollingsworth on July 22, 2010, 07:24:35 PM
Super Photos Scott
Mary and I finally got our passports so now we are trying to save money for a trip to Scotland
Title: Re: Holiday in the highlands
Post by: Thomas Thompson on August 04, 2010, 10:14:37 AM
Great pictures.

   I don't have the money to return to Scotland. So I am working on a secret plan to be adopted by John and Mary. That way I can go as their long lost son!
Title: Re: Holiday in the highlands
Post by: Barbara on August 15, 2010, 06:28:18 PM
Beautiful photos Scott, thank you for posting.  I know I'll only see Scotland through photos so I appreciate any and all of Scotland.  I have Duart Castle from the Loch as wallpaper on my desk top computer.   :D  You are so fortunate to live among so much history and beauty.  :)

Barbara