Scotland!

We had an amazing and spectacular visit to Ness and Dane on The Farm in Scotland. It went so quickly, but we did fit a lot in. This post is split into 4 - around the farm, the weekend road trip, the walk through Forvie Reserve and back to the farm and finally a trip to Dunottar Castle.
Thanks so much for having us and showing us around - it was really special for us to see all the places we've heard so much about.

Mains of Foveran farm with sea har (middle of the day in summer)

Sea Har


Sunset from Pitscaff Cottage


Tour of the farm



ROAD TRIP!! Across to the west coast, through the Highlands.


road trip! highland countryside

paul, ness, dane in gardens

Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'wisselii'

Ullapool (Dane are you breaking into that shop?)

Ullapool mob - all ready for a night on the town

nightlife in Ullapool (...if I lay here, If I just laaayy heere)


steps. mind them, won't you (they lead to water) Ullapool dock

Ullapool by night

highland countryside

sheep


saya likes heyland coos

we all like heyland coos

heyland coo face-off

paul likes lochs

highland orchids

Beach!

ness and dane look at the beach

saya and ness look at the beach

dane assures us that it is summer and this is normal (it is freezing)

tough scottish succulents

dune flowers

strange dune fluff

highland orchid

stunning beach. dane used to camp here.

us at beach

the olde ice house. hard to see but they used to keep fish fresh here. Have since installed a really freaky reenactment complete with mannequin...

Tolkien's inspiration for The Shire?




WALK IN NEIGHBOURING FORVIE RESERVE


Saya look impressed (lots of bugs)

Caterpillar



Tank Deterrent, back of Dane's farm dunes

Dunes - beautiful

We think we are going the right way...

beers at the local beer garden



TRIP TO DUNOTTAR CASTLE!

Just near Stonehaven...home of the deepfried mars bar.

castle dunottar


scots were pretty short back then

nice to have a view

castle kirk (church)

gull with babies...so cute and fluffy!