Holiday in Scotland

We have recently returned from a holiday in Scotland, on the West coast, which is a wonderful part of the country, although a fantastically long way from all sorts of other places. I have included in this blog some of the pictures.

Being in that part of the country, you cannot ignore the local geography, with hills all around - including Ben Nevis, the tallest point in the UK, which just goes to show how flat we really are – and water – lochs, the sea, as well as the many islands that make up that part of the country.

What struck me is that the islands are rally just hills that happen to start too low, and the sea has covered their bases. The difference between a hill and an island, is just where it starts. Sometimes, in life, it seems that we are cut off from everyone else, stuck on our own island. And yet, in truth, we are on a mountain top. It is just that this mountain may be a little more difficult to reach.

Enough deep thought - pictures are what you want. These are evening pictures from the apartment - 10:00 or later.

 There is something fantastic about being somewhere that does not really get dark.

And the sunsets from where we were looked fantastic.

We visited Staffa and saw penguins, as well as Iona and saw the abbey

We had a good time - I will post a few more from Yorkshire later.