Last Scotland Post

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This will be my last post from Scotland. I am heading to London on Tuesday and will be packing and getting ready for that tomorrow. Scotland has definitely been an experience, both good and bad. It has been an amazing opportunity to be able to travel around this beautiful country and see the amazing things I have seen. This post isnt too picture heavy but its a few ones from different places.

This is a little river we went to yesterday, the woods had a ton of huge pine trees. The weird thing about it though was that the trees were planted in the 18th ct. Was a very great day to be outside.

This next picture is the place we have been staying. I went outside today with a tilt shift lens and played around with that. This is one of the pictures I got of it. It was another beautiful day here in Scotland and I am very thankful for that. 

Finally my favorite part of Scotland was Orkney Islands. This is Yesnaby the night before we left the island. It was amazing there and I already miss it. 

Orkney Islands

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So yesterday we just got back from the orkney islands on the very top of Scotland. We left monday and got there that night went out and about for two days then got back last evening. We were fortunate to have beyond spectacular weather for the trip. We went and saw the standing stones up there, which are some of the oldest ever found, older than Stonehenge. Then we went to Scara Brae, which is one of the oldest villages ever discovered. It dates back past the Great Wall of China and the Pyramids. We then ventured over to the Highland Park Distillery for a tour of how they make their whisky. That was amazing to finally see how it is made, and that is the most northern distillery in Scotland. One of the best parts of the whole trip up there though was going to the cliffs at Yesnaby. We went there both nights and watched the sun slowly go down, which finally goes down around 1020. Anyway enjoy the pictures.

This is actually Dunnottar Castle, which we went to the day before Orkney. Its located basically on the end of a cliff and can be difficult to get to. The bay picture is from inside the castle.

This is one of the standing stones up in Orkney.  This site specifically had 20-30 standing stones and believed to have had around 60 at one time. 

The Cliffs at Yesnaby. 

The rest of the pictures are from and island/peninsula called Birsay. This is an island when the tide is in and a peninsula when the tide is out. The tide has to be out to be able to get to the island. 

And finally the Highland Park Distillery. 

Edinburgh

Yesterday we went around to Edinburgh and got to freely go around the town. It was a spectacular town with a lot of amazing stuff around town. There are statues all down some of the streets and the castle has been in working order for a very long time. A few days ago we went on a tour with a lot of old school churches and such. The stone in the pictures is from the 7-9th century. The carvings inside the church-like building took the carver 25 years to complete. It was a spectacular building.  The picture of me with the beer is in the oxford pub which is where a character in a lot of famous books drinks, as well as the author of the books. I will try to get the specifics tomorrow.  Enough rambling, enjoy the pictures.

Glen Clova

Today we went hiking up around Glen Clova. Went hiking around a small lake up on beautiful hills, and you could see for miles in every direction. Went down and had a few beers at the pub before heading back to the house.

Enjoy the few pictures.

St. Andrews.

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Today we went to St. Andrews and then went to a few small villages around it. Had the best fish and chips right outside of St. Andrews. The Haddock was amazing to say the least. So delicious. Went to another small town where we saw a Saluki dog, which is the mascot of most of the other people in the group. Very pretty dog. Went to a bar earlier and had a lot of delicious scottish beer and whiskey.

Enjoy the pics.

Oh and pool here sucks, its on a small table and sometimes they play snooker. The pool table is much smaller with smaller balls and ques. Not fun.

On St. Andrews old course. 

Red Castle

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So today we went to Red Castle, or whats left of it. It was beautiful minus the chilly wind. Went to a few other places around that, up and down the beach. 

Enjoy 

Scotland

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So I am currently on a trip in Scotland just hanging out and drinking amazing whiskey. I landed today and havent slept in about 48 hours but hopefully I dont have any jet lag after today. Its been cold and wet since I got here but it is beautiful. I am staying in a place right off the coast of the North Sea and will be venturing around the island for the next couple of weeks. I will try to update the blog as much as possible, but the internet is kind of slow so it takes a while to upload pictures. Here are some of the place and room I am staying. .

I am staying in the windows to the left of the bush in the first picture.

hallway above my room 

my room