Sunday, July 21, 2013

What???? We need gas?

New adventure:  don't look for gas on Sunday in  the highlands,  The church doesn't allow any sales.  Great.  We are on a low tank but it is a diesel.  We have gotten advice to head to a town called Ullapoole,  hopefully there will be gas.  We have been driving for five days on this tank of gas.  We have seen spectacular views are still taking pictures, eating great food and enjoying each others company.  
Today we went to the Inverewe Gardens,  a 12,000 acre estate.  The gardens were fabulous.  Almost like heaven for me and I will have to have just a flower album. We saw SCOTCH  pines in the gardens which is a big deal.  All scotch pine forests of Scotland  have been cut years ago and they replanted spruce.  The forestry commission is trying to use the rare Caladonia seeds to start again.  Everything here is given to the national trust of Scotland because the big estates are too expensive to pay taxes on.  



We stopped and walked down to this gorge.  

my daily staple, can't find Greek  yogurt, might as well have ice cream. 


A Pict stone in a small cemetery in Poolewe.  yes more cemeteries.
We have seen lots of sheep crofts,  and more highland cattle.  The area of Gairloch to Ullapoole  Is a hiking and  camping haven.
After getting gas, f inally, we headed to Inverness, another big city.  Two nights here.

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