Part 2 of a few pics taken during our Hebrides trip in sept,we tried to use the ferries as much as poss because it is a great way to see scotland 😀
I wanted to sail from Islay via oban to Lochboisdale but time and weather constraints meant we had to sail back to Kintyre and drive to oban :rolleyes:
1…Lismore Lighthouse just out of Oban
2…Sunset over Barra from the ferry
3…Beautiful beach on Harris
4…Loch on Harris
5…Looking south near Acha Mor,Lewis
6…One of the central Callanish Stones
7…Me( to give scale for stones) [I am 5′ 11”]
8…Stones from downslope
9…View of the site from above visitor centre
10.Fantastic view from the stones (East Loch Roag)
By: bazv - 2nd November 2008 at 16:30
It is a well kept secret, I am a Hillfoot person, the Ochils of Clackmannanashire, so was visiting Dollar, Tillicoultry, Tullibody, Alloa, Stirling and Glasgow and all cemeteries in between!:D
Recommend the Chinese buffets in Stirling and Glasgow!!
Haha…:D:D
I was born in Fife and knew Dollar/Rumbling Bridge etc very well and indeed lived on the south slope of the extinct volcano near Lower Largo for a while in the early sixties!!
cheers baz
By: Newforest - 2nd November 2008 at 16:12
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NF…where were you last month ??
cheers baz
It is a well kept secret, I am a Hillfoot person, the Ochils of Clackmannanashire, so was visiting Dollar, Tillicoultry, Tullibody, Alloa, Stirling and Glasgow and all cemeteries in between!:D
Recommend the Chinese buffets in Stirling and Glasgow!!
By: bazv - 2nd November 2008 at 16:00
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Great views Bazv! Slightly further north than I was last month, didn’t you fancy the Twotter to Barra?:D
Yes Yes Yes :D:D:D I love to fly anywhere 😀
I only had a 1 week slot with 3 good days forecast on metcheck,so our enforced itinerary became
Sunday Islay sightseeing (Dry)
Monday (ahem) whisky research :D:D (wet) as forecast
Tuesday..drive/ferry oban – lochboisdale (sth uist)
Wednesday..drive up to Harris/Lewis and see stones (lovely weather as forecast)
Thur weather rough so diverted through skye and drove the pretty route oban/inverary/dunoon
Fri crossed in the MV Jupiter to Gourock and thrashed the old volvo south to Sussex (narrowly avoiding the polis speed trap on the A74M :D)
I must agree that Harris/West Lewis are lovely.
NF…where were you last month ??
cheers baz
By: Ren Frew - 2nd November 2008 at 15:20
Great stuff there, I used to work on Lewis quite regularly and would cycle out to the lighthouse on a Sunday with a few tinnies in my rucksack on my day off.
I remember going out to Callanish for the summer solstice around 13 years or so ago, there was an ongoing Greenpeace ‘occupation’ of a redundant oil platform that was supposed to be towed out to sea and sunk, several of their entourage were in the islands and at the stones that night. A nice bunch of people I thought, the following day they were on the news being water cannoned off the oil installation.
As for the Hebrides, great places to be discovered and very friendly people. It’s a little desolate in places but stunningly beautiful in others. I’d recommend the place to anyone, especially the western side of Lewis, some of the most amazing beaches I’ve ever seen.
By: Newforest - 2nd November 2008 at 15:11
Great views Bazv! Slightly further north than I was last month, didn’t you fancy the Twotter to Barra?:D
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