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missfixit70
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by missfixit70 » Sun Aug 16, 2009 12:49 pm
Brilliant guys

, don't know how you cram it all in

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by mikexgough » Sun Aug 16, 2009 4:39 pm
Nice one again Muz & Co....... looks like you had great weather up there compared to our 2 week trip to Wales & Cornwall...... Funnily enough we were chatting about Scotland for 2011 while at the C&CC site in Chipping Norton (not as nice as your locations but another weekend away)..... The pictures are very inspirational.......
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by dogmaniac » Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:18 pm
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by scanner » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:04 pm
We're doing some of that route in September using a Hopscotch Ticket - which one(s) did you use?
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by Muzorewa » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:19 pm
It was borderline whether it would be cheaper to go for a 15-day island rover ticket but in the end we used Hopscotch 23 for the Barra/Uists/Harris/Skye section and Hopscotch 17 for the Islay/Arran section. Then we just bought tickets on the day for Mull and the other daytrips.

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by scanner » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:25 pm
We've just booked a HS20 for the Oban-Barra-Uist(s)-Skye hops - so far.
If we've time to do Harris & Lewis we might see if they'll let us add on the extra crossing.
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by MountainGoat » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:28 pm
Some trip, you did our two trips in one go with a bit extra added on. Surely your next big trip will be to the northernmost island in the Shetland Islands in 2011 to see the Northern Lights at their best.
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by tfgibb » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:36 pm
Fantastic trip and photos !!!!
Muzorewa wrote:
Kintyre wild-camping

Those new heavy-duty rock-pegs people keep going on about

Skipness castle, Kintyre peninsula
Loch Tarbert, Claonaig to Lochranza

Lochranza castle, Isle of Arran

Brodick castle, Isle of Arran
Caledonian Isles Brodick to Ardrossan
So, what’s the verdict on this year’s tour?

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by Muzorewa » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:38 pm
MountainGoat wrote:Surely your next big trip will be to the northernmost island in the Shetland Islands in 2011 to see the Northern Lights at their best.
Tony
I could be tempted

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by Muzorewa » Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:43 pm
scanner wrote:We've just booked a HS20 for the Oban-Barra-Uist(s)-Skye hops - so far.
If we've time to do Harris & Lewis we might see if they'll let us add on the extra crossing.
Apparently there's been a lot of bleating in the local press about the number of white buses cluttering up the wilderness, all this wild-camping may soon be much more difficult to do.
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by scanner » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:09 pm
Muzorewa wrote:scanner wrote:We've just booked a HS20 for the Oban-Barra-Uist(s)-Skye hops - so far.
If we've time to do Harris & Lewis we might see if they'll let us add on the extra crossing.
Apparently there's been a lot of bleating in the local press about the number of white buses cluttering up the wilderness, all this wild-camping may soon be much more difficult to do.
Yes most laws and other restrictions are only the result of bad behavior by a few, but the many end up getting clobbered.
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by violetbongojo » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:30 pm
Absolutely wonderful pics. Amazing. What a fantastic holiday. Thanks for letting us see them.
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by mister munkey » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:41 pm
MountainGoat wrote: Surely your next big trip will be to the northernmost island in the Shetland Islands in 2011 to see the Northern Lights at their best.
Tony
Me too! Whens that likely to be Tony?
It could turn out to be a neon lit micro meet.

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by dollyanna » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:48 pm
Fantastic! You have got me all even more excited about the coming months now, I'm hoping to do some weekenders to explore this country further, now i have a few ideas of where I want to go!!
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by missfixit70 » Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:49 am
scanner wrote:Muzorewa wrote:scanner wrote:We've just booked a HS20 for the Oban-Barra-Uist(s)-Skye hops - so far.
If we've time to do Harris & Lewis we might see if they'll let us add on the extra crossing.
Apparently there's been a lot of bleating in the local press about the number of white buses cluttering up the wilderness, all this wild-camping may soon be much more difficult to do.
Yes most laws and other restrictions are only the result of bad behavior by a few, but the many end up getting clobbered.
Hopefully my green bongo'll sneak in under the radar then when I get around to going that far north

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