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, camping, fort william, isle of skye, itchy, matches, midgie bites, pizza, river, sanflies, 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 [...]
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Also tagged berowra, camping, car, john o'groats, rocks, 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 [...]
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Also tagged alvie, bbq, camping, car, cold, drive, eyemouth, holiday, loch ness, newcastle, puddle, rain, tent, uk, wet
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Some things before I launch into my very overdue blog:
-Hello to everyone who reads this blog! I thought the number of people reading my blog equaled 4, 1 of whom is Lindsay who I hired (forced) to be the editor. But Alas! I have many readers! How exciting. And a little birdy (well really my [...]
April 29, 2009 – 10:52 pm
The day after our wee trip into the highlands, Marlene and David took us to Glasgow to see The People’s Palace, a museum on the social history of Scotland. We spent a few hours going through the museum which was fascinating. The residents of Glasgow have had a hard life over the past 100+ years.
On [...]
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Also tagged arthur's seat, canon, castle, cherry blossom, cobble stones, cold, ducatez, edinburgh, edinburgh castle, fireplace, glasgow, gun, hike, hill, military barracks, people's museum, royal mile, ruins, wind
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