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We went to Dail Mor, Sarah's favorite beach, on the north
side of Lewis.
It's totally encircled by cliffs and hills. It's smaller than
Luskentyre
but just as beautiful.
The large rock in the center was too steep to climb... |
| ...but the one next to it wasn't. Here's Al and Sarah on top of it. See the green slope right behind Al? That's our next climb. |  |
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| Sarah was still a little under the weather, so she didn't join us on the climb. That little red dot in the center of the picture is her sitting on a rock. |  |
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No, they have not been into the whisky, they're just trying to keep their balance on the way up the last part of the slope. |
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From the top, we had a great view of the beach to the left and more rocks and cliffs to the right. |  |
| For reasons known only to himself, Al did a handstand on the edge of the bluff. Even though I thought it was too risky to do myself, I had him do it again so I could take a picture. |  |
Back down on the beach, Sarah, Danusia and I sat in the sun that was
starting to break through the haze while Adam and Al took off down the
beach in the other direction. They made their way along the rocks
on the shore, sometimes having to dart between waves to get from one
place
to the next. Adam got his boots soaked, so he packed them in a
plastic
bag and wore his sneakers for the rest of the trip. When we got
back
to Florida and opened the plastic bag, well, the smell went away once
they
dried.
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Adam and Al disappeared around the bluff and it was a good
long while
before we started wondering how far they had gone. Danusia and I
headed up the slope towards the top of the hill to see if we could spot
them. We weren't worried, it was a good excuse to climb the
hill.
When we were about halfway up, they came around the side of the hill. You might be able to see a little wooden post near Al's feet. It's a marker. They were following a trail that goes around the west side of the island. |
Near Brue, we stopped at the James Smith Photography shop. He had some amazing pictures and we bought one of the Standing Stones covered in snow. A little further down the road, we turned south towards Stornoway. I realized that point was as far north as I've ever been. It's just a little north of the 58th parallel. 58º 20' to be exact.
Next: The evening of June 16, 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
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The afternoon of June 16, 2000
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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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