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Tag Archives: Skye

Beautiful Scotland: Bernera Barracks

I’m not sure what it is about this picture…but it fires my imagination. It makes me wonder about it’s history…how many people have wandered its empty halls over the years?

Built from a Broch, originally uploaded by SutherlandAddict.
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Beautiful Scotland: Storms in the Cuillins

I think many of us are enjoying the fact that spring sunshine is (occasionally) here. So today’s photo is for a bit of contrast. ::smiles::
Remember how I’ve mentioned that the Cuillin mountains, on Skye, are a favorite place for climbers? Well…here’s an extra factor that makes them challenging…storms. Often. As this photographer wrote, “Sometimes a [...]

Beautiful Scotland: Dunvegan Castle

Welcome to Dunvegan, the seat of thirty generations of MacLeod chiefs for the past 800 years.

Dunvegan Castle, originally uploaded by Rafal K.
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Dunvegan Castle (the nearby village is named after the castle, as often happens) is located on the north-east corner of the Isle of Skye.
Not only is it the oldest continually inhabited castle in Britain, [...]