Inverness was our base for a couple of days while we explored the Highlands and more specifically, the Western Ross area of Scotland. We drove about an hour to the beautiful port town of Ullapool, stopped for tea and scones then continued the long and windy (single lane) road to the North Coast town of Durness.
The Highlands are beautiful, clean, wide-open and for a few moments I felt like I could have been in the Rockies driving through Colorado or Wyoming. The streams and lakes are so clear and unpolluted. The air so clean!
Not a bad view, even from the backseat
The cattle were a nice change from all the sheep ~ not that I’m tired of the sheep!
One of my favorite sheep photos ~ worth a repeat
Lovely roads and still two lanes
The one lane begins ~ not as scary as it looks
We saw more than a couple motorcylists on our drive ~ must be thrilling to ride these roads on a bike
It was a fantastic drive through the Western Ross to Durness ~ we stopped often to enjoy the sights but it would have been nice to have more time to hike the backcountry. I’m going to have to add Western Ross to the “must visit again” list. A list which seems to be growing exponentially. Sure wish travelling were a paying job for me 😉
Oh, Scotland! Looking very green and lush this time of the year (or maybe it’s always like this and I’d stop visiting in the dead of winter…)
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We were treated to fabulous weather this time around. But I also enjoyed my colder weather visits too (March and November). Scotland is so lovely!
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Before I came across the photo of the motorcycle, I was thinking “I want to ride there!” Your photos are so great. You and I have a similar style of travel blogging … short sentences, beautiful photography.
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Thanks ~ seems my sentences are getting shorter as I attempt to blog more often. And the photos say so much all on there own. 😉
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Oh Scotland. As many time one will visit I am sure it is guaranteed to fall in love that much time. Lovely shots.
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Thanks ~ happy you like the photos. I agree ~ it’s easy to fall in love with Scotland, no matter how many visits.
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Nice pictures. We love Scotland and have visited 3 times so far. We did the region around Ulapool in 1990…it was so beautiful. We really have to go back sometimes soon… (Suzanne)
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Thanks ~ this was our third visit to Scotland as well but our first that far north & the first in warm weather. Loved it!
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