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[hheldorfer]

What fantastic photos - they make me want to book a flight to Scotland ASAP! Holly is a beautiful girl and looks so comfortable in the picturesque surroundings - like she's ready to go to work. I'm a bit jealous . . .

. . . but welcome to the forum! I hope we'll see more of Holly and your lovely scenery in the future.

[Stargemmer]

Thankyou Hheldorfer, Scotland is such a fantastic place for those who are on that wavelength. You have to be willing to take any weathers, be prepared for biting midgies, rain and hot & cold days, but it changes so much you are never bored. Holly loves it, you are right, she fits right in there!

I have hundreds of pics of Scotland, me and Holly, though many were spoiled last year as I had a smudgy lens on my camera.

As you like Scotland, here is an iconic place you will like to see. I took these pics of Eilean Donan Castle on a sunny day. Our campsite was just a few 100 yards from this castle on the loch side. These are some I like a lot, I took pictures from all angles of this castle, but this side isn't often photographed by people, so it shows a different view:




This is one of me and Holly, going down to the loch side, the loch surrounds Eilean Donan castle which is on a very small peninsular jutting out into the loch:



This was taken of Eilean Donan Castle at night on my cell phone. You are able to walk all around the castle grounds at night as they are open. This gave spectacular views and a different experience, but you also must visit inside the castle itself in the day time too, which is a truly Scottish castle & seat of the Clan MacRae:

[Stargemmer]

I suppose it might be nice to have a separate threads for some of this, like "places my Cairn has been" that anyone can contribute to, and one about their home country, Scotland (under a Cairn history area perhaps). There were several parts of Scotland and different clans bred particular colours, so would be nice to "revisit" in cyber space the places they originated from, & tell a little about it.

Edited by Stargemmer, 20 May 2011 - 07:55 AM.

[bradl]

It's quite normal (and enjoyable) when folks post topics about trips and excursions they've been on with their Cairns. Add pictures and its Cairn Life at its best

[utgaard]

I love your pictures! Oh dear, the shot of Loch Lomond rekindles a desire to walk the West Highland Way, but now I only want to do it if I can bring my Cairn Loki along.