Scottish Highlands 2004
From Inverness to Plockton, up to Gairloch, on to Ullapool, northward to the Orkneys and back to Inverness
 1 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Our itinerary started and ended at Inverness Airport. |
 2 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Urquhart Castle in typical Scottish weather |
 3 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Eilean Donan Castle |
 4 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Tourist at Eilean Donan Castle |
 5 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Highland longhorn cattle |
 6 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Highland longhorn cattle |
 7 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Lunch (delicious) at Plockton |
 8 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Bealach-na-Ba, or 'Cattle Pass', at a height of 629 metres |
 9 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Bealach-na-Ba |
 10 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Bealach-na-Ba |
 11 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Shieldaig |
 12 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Beautiful Glen Torridon |
 13 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Loch Maree |
 14 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Loch Maree viewed from the Beinn Eighe Woodland Trail |
 15 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Sea near Gairloch |
 16 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Gairloch |
 17 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Coast north of Gairloch |
 18 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Rua Reidh lighthouse (pronunciation: Rooa Ray) |
 19 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Coast near Rua Reidh |
 20 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Coast near Rua Reidh |
 21 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Small beach on the coast near Rua Reidh |
 22 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Coast near Rua Reidh |
 23 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Gairloch from the north near sunset |
 24 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Heather in the Flowerdale Valley, Gairloch |
 25 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Lilies at the Inverewe Gardens |
 26 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Rua lighthouse, near Ullapool |
 27 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Fishing boats in the port of Ullapool at sunset |
 28 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Dun Canna, an ancient fortification -- or what's left of it |
 29 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Coast west of Dun Canna |
 30 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Stac Pollaidh (alternate spelling: Stac Polly) - 613 m, which we climbed |
 31 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Stac Pollaidh |
 32 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Path up Stac Pollaidh |
 33 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Near the top |
 34 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 View from Stac Pollaidh towards Suilven |
 35 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 View from the top (well, almost) of Stac Pollaidh, with Suilven and Cul Mor (capped in clouds) |
 36 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 The peak of Stac Pollaidh |
 37 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Afterwards, it's shrouded in clouds |
 38 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Suilven seen from the road northwards |
 39 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Ardvreck Castle |
 40 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 A deer seen near the bridge at Kylesku |
 41 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 We think this is probably Sail Gharbh, 808m. |
 42 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Scourie Bay |
 43 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Border collie at Scourie Bay |
 44 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Wall near Kyle of Durness |
 45 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Kyle of Durness |
 46 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Looking out of Smoo Cave, near Durness |
 47 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Thistle and yellow on the north coast |
 48 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 North coast |
 49 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Ben Loyal seen from the Kyle of Tongue |
 50 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 A Pictish cross on the Farr Stone at Bettyhill |
 51 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 The Old Man of Hoy, Hoy, Orkney Islands |
 52 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Stones of Stennes, Mainland (one of the Orkney Islands) |
 53 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Stenness |
 54 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Prehistoric stones of the Ring of Brodgar |
 55 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Skara Brae, remains of a Neolithic village dating back to -3000 |
 56 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Skara Brae |
 57 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Skara Brae, with Skaill House in the background |
 58 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Yesnaby Cliffs |
 59 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Maes Howe, a Neolithic burial chamber dating from around -3000 |
 60 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Interior of Maes Howe |
 61 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Steep stairs leading down into Mine Howe, a recently excavated Iron Age mound |
 62 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 The Broch of Gurness, from about -100 |
 63 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Broch of Gurness |
 64 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Entrance to the Broch of Gurness |
 65 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Interior of the Broch of Gurness |
 66 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Landscape of Mainland (principal Orkney Island) |
 67 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 The Ring of Brodgar |
 68 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Ring of Brodgar |
 69 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Tourist and standing stone at the Ring of Brodgar |
 70 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Clava Cairns, east of Inverness |
 71 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Clava Cairns |
 72 Scottish HIghlands, August 2004Scottish HIghlands, August 2004 Clava Cairns |
