| I intentionally got up early so I could go back to Upper Foyers and
take some pictures. It didn't seem as loud as before and when I got
there, someone had turned the water off!
Either there's a dam upstream or the previous torrent was from the recent rain, but this morning it was a less than awe-inspiring photo opportunity. |
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However, on the way to the falls, I caught this one when the sun came out. The cliff in the foreground is where I had stood the day before, and the mountains in the distance are on the far side of Loch Ness. |
| And on the way from there to the falls, the path ducked under these trees. Everything is a vibrant green! |  |
Sarah had been not been feeling well since we left Luing, and when she
and Al came to breakfast she had lost her voice. She didn't have
a fever or any severe symptoms, which was fortunate because the plan was
to drop her off in Inverness so she could take a plane to Stornoway.
The rest of us would catch the ferry from the Isle of Skye to Tarbert and
drive to Stornoway from there. Sarah really doesn't like ferries.
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We had an early start because we had to get to Uig in time for the 2:00 PM ferry. On our way back up Loch Ness towards Inverness, we stopped long enough to snap this picture of Urquhart Castle. It's on a point of land that juts out into Loch Ness. |
We dropped Sarah off in downtown Inverness. Her flight wasn't
until the afternoon and she planned to spend the day shopping, voice or
no voice. We said good-bye and she whispered the same back.
| A little while later we reached Urquhart Castle again, but this time
we were on the north side of the loch. We didn't think we had time
to go exploring so I took only a couple of quick pictures.
The castle is in ruins now. It was built in the 1500s but was blown up in 1692 to prevent it from being captured by the Jacobites. |
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We continued down Loch Ness to Invermoriston where we turned west, traveling through Glen Sheil towards Kyle of Lochalsh. Glen Sheil is perhaps the most beautiful place I've ever seen and I must once again apologize that there's no possible way for these pictures to capture it. I pasted three pictures together to try to show the vastness of this high valley. It doesn't come close, but the view itself got the thumbs up from Adam.
| Streams fall from every mountain. |  |
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Again, I pasted a couple of pictures together to show the expanse. It's difficult to see but at the base of the mountain there are ruins of a stone house and barn. It's just to the left of the center of the picture. This smaller picture shows what I saw when I zoomed in. |
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I believe this series of peaks are called the Five Sisters. From this point we traveled downhill for miles to sea level at Loch Duich. |
| All of this was before noon. It's too many pictures for one page,
so the afternoon will appear when you click the link below.
Though I may seem to constantly belittle my digital photographs, it's not my abilities I'm sheepish about. Glen Sheil is just too beautiful to be recorded in ones and zeros, you really must experience it. I was, however, able to capture the beauty of a woman with the wind in her hair, happy to be traveling the world. |
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Next: The afternoon of June 14, 2000
| Florida to London: Danusia's side trip | ||
| London to Edinburgh: Grey Mare's Tail | ||
| Edinburgh to Luing: Edinburgh Castle, the ferry to Luing | ||
| Luing to Aviemore: Hill climbing, grey weather | ||
| Aviemore to Foyers: Glenfiddich distillery, Loch Ness, Falls of Foyers | ||
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The morning of June 14, 2000
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Foyers to Glen Sheil: More of Loch Ness and Falls of Foyers, Urquhart Castle, Glen Sheil | |
| Glen Sheil to Stornoway: Eilean Donan Castle, ferry from Uig to Tarbert | ||
| Stornoway, Luskentyre and Tarbert | ||
| Callanish | ||
| Dail Mor | ||
| Ceilidh on the lawn | ||
| Stornoway to Inverness: A quick good-bye, foggy ferry ride, bus to Inverness | ||
| Inverness to London: Hot Hamlet, Floridians get sunburned |
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