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The Long Journey Home

Posted on October 13, 2021 by julieallen36

We are home now and it’s taken us nearly two days to get here from Dornie! Well, ok 6 hours from Dornie to Carlisle and then another 4 hours form there to home today. Phew.

Fabulous journey though as we opted for a different route back to Carlisle, through the imposing Glencoe and then through the Trossachs via Callander rather than Loch Lomond. The weather was fine for most of the drive and the Autumn colours were really starting to be at their best especially around Loch Lubnaig. Both areas look like we need to go and spend more time there.

As a final treat I took Jane to see the Kelpies at Falkirk. It was a relatively short detour but also meant we didn’t have to drive back through the centre of Glasgow. The Kelpies came into view from the M9 looming over the motorway as we approached the exit. They’re really impressive and it was a fitting end to our grand adventure.

Tomorrow I need to go and see the garage about the bottom of my car falling off.

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Around Dornie

Posted on October 13, 2021 by julieallen36

I loved our AirBNB overlooking Loch Long and Loch Alsh. We lived up a road called Camuslongart and it was so so peaceful there. I wished we’d had longer to just sit and stare across the water but we have been so busy trying to make the most of our time seeing different places. We did get to see a seal here and herons regularly gave us a fly past but the otters remained elusive.

The light and weather changed constantly and I tried to capture it in paint a couple of times. More work needed still on both now. Here are just a few photos to show just how much the view changed whilst we were here. It includes a picture of Eilean Donan Castle which you could actually see from our kitchen window! Its one of the most iconic Scottish castles originally fortified in the 13th century. It played a major part in the Jacobite risings in the 17th and 18th centuries and more recently in the films Highlander and James Bond The World is not Enough (1999). We didn’t actually visit just sneaked in the car park to take some pics.

Yup, Dornie is a very special place and I’d love to go back and explore on the doorstep a little more.