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The West Coast of Scotland

We’re on the West Coast of Scotland. It has been more than 20 years since I’ve been over this way. It’s only about 4 hours from Aberdeen which isn’t far, but it is too far to come for just a weekend which is what most of our trips are. Fortunately we all have a full week of holiday at the same time, which is rare, so we’re making the most of it.

The drive here was magnificent and reminded me a bit of inland Canterbury in New Zealand. Here are some photos from the car.

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These next photos are of Loch Kishorn where we went for a little walk.

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It’s beautiful here. It’s interesting how west of Inverness the signs are suddenly all in Gaelic and yet on the East it’s only English. Why is that?

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5 responses to “The West Coast of Scotland”

  1. mgcycling1975 Avatar
    mgcycling1975

    The west coast is indeed beautiful. I live in Glasgow and love escaping “doon tha watter”. As for the gaelic signs, I have no idea. I just assumed that it was north of Stirling that the signs changed, no idea why though. We’ll need to find out.

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    1. Rachel M Avatar
      Rachel M

      I suspect it might be because Gaelic wasn’t widely spoken in the Eastern parts of Scotland. In Aberdeen the local dialect is Doric.

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  2. Denise Avatar
    Denise

    Glad you’ve got good weather. I’ve also got pictures from friends who were in Glastonbury over Easter. Looks like the West coast is the place to be – it’s a bit grey this side.

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    1. Rachel M Avatar
      Rachel M

      We have been very lucky. They get 2m of rainfall a year over here so you’re pretty much guaranteed to see some rain if you visit.

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    2. Rachel M Avatar
      Rachel M

      They’re a very pretty colour. I’m not sure where the green comes from. It must be something to do with the rocks in the pools.

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