Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Sheepy in Scotland and N. England (August 14, 2014 - September 19, 2014)

Here's a map of where I went:


Here's when I went to these places:
     August 14: Arrive in Edinburgh
     August 16: Go to Perth (train)
     August 18: Go to BlairAtholl (bus), walk some.
     August 19: Go to Braemar (on foot), bus to Ballater, stay in Dinnet.
     August 21: Go to Aboyne (bus)
     August 22: Go to Tomintoul (hitchhiking), go to Ballindalloch Station (walk)
     August 23: Go to Craigallechie (walk)
     August 25: Go to Inverness (bus)
     August 26: Go to Achmelvich (buses)
     August 28: Go to Ullapool (hitchhiking), to Stornoway (boat)
     August 30: Go to Tarbert (bus), to Uig (boat), to Portree (bus), to Broadford (bus)
     September 1: Go to Armadale (bus), to Mallaig (boat), to Banavie (train)
     September 2: Go to Kingshouse (walk)
     September 3: Go to Crianlarch (walk)
     September 4: Go to Sallochy (walk)
     September 5: Go to Milgavnie (walk), to Glasgow (car)
     September 10: Go to Carlisle (train), to Bowness (bus), to Brough by Sands (walk)
     September 11: Go to Sandysike (walk)
     September 12: Go to Herding Hill Campsite (walk)
     September 13: Go to Once Brewed (walk)
     September 14: Go to Wall (walk)
     September 15: Go to Heddon on the Wall (walk)
     September 16: Go to Wallsend (walk), to Newcastle (metro)
     September 19: Fly out (plane)

And here are pictures!

This is a confusing sign. (Edinburgh)

This is in Edinburgh

This is also Edinburgh


This is me in Glen Tilt

This is not me, but still Glen Tilt

Ibid.

Ibid.

same.

This is where the map says "ford"

This is near the Linn of Dee

This is in Ballater.

This is a forest near Dinnet.

This is on the Tomintoul Spur.

This is near Aberlour.

This is a forest near Aberlour

This is near Achmelvich

This is not me near Achmelvich

This is me and a sunset at Achmelvich

This is me playing a video game

This is another sunset at Achmelvich

This is countryside in Scotland

More

This is in Ullapool

These are some islands as viewed from a boat

This is a rather minor thing to be celebrating

This is me in Stornoway

This is me between Kinlochleven and Kingshouse

Ibid.

This is me crossing Rannoch Moor

This is a trail sign on the West Highland Way

This is somewhere in Scotland.

This is me grabbing a bite to eat.

This is a train and a hill.

This is a bonnie forest

This is scenery

This is a tree on the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomond

This is my tent on said bonnie banks.

Sky.

A bird.

A church in Glasgow.

Again.

This is me in front of the Kelvingrove

unclear.

This is near Bowness on Solway

This is english counryside.

This is part of Hadrians wall.

This is Hadrians Wall being big.

This is a view of the Roman Ditches near the wall.

It's a rock.

More of Hadrians wall.

This is me in some archway.

These are my brethren in 2000 year old ruins.

This is a view of the wall and the ditch in front of it.

This is standard British weather.

This is how you make easy hikes hard.

It's a forest.

It's newcastle.

This is a sunset on the flight out.