September 16, 2009 – 4:55 am
We woke up in the morning and couldn’t hear any rain which was exciting. But we could hear this weird munching, crunching noise. I opened the the door of the tent and looked out and saw a herd of cows and 2 bulls! The were standing as close as 50cm from the tent. One even [...]
By Julia Holmwood
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Also tagged birthday, bites, fort william, isle of skye, itchy, matches, midgie bites, pizza, river, sanflies, scotland, stone, tent, wild camping
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September 16, 2009 – 4:39 am
We woke up our first morning in John O’Groats. Cassie and Jimmy had left early that morning for a tour of the Orkney Isles. Lindsay and I were planning to enjoy a day in the sunshine we had experienced the afternoon before. But the sound we could hear when we woke up was rain raining [...]
By Julia Holmwood
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Posted in Backpacking
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Also tagged berowra, car, john o'groats, rocks, scotland, sea, stones, tent, thistle, uk, walk, wild camping, wildcamping
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September 13, 2009 – 9:16 pm
Cassie and Jimmy met us at Newcastle station in their red car, packed to the rim! So after a clean out and a reshuffle Lindsay and I hopped in and we drove full speed ahead towards Scotland! The country whose national animal is the Unicorn! Proof of the countries epic awesomeness!
As we crossed the [...]
By Julia Holmwood
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Also tagged alvie, bbq, car, cold, drive, eyemouth, holiday, loch ness, newcastle, puddle, rain, scotland, tent, uk, wet
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