Well, the rain stopped in Plockton just before midnight and the bonfire (trying to catch a distant fire with my camera at night was rubbish) went off without a hitch.  I had questioned how they could be accurate enough to ignite it with rockets but Kenny is not stupid.  He had run wires from the […]

My hirsute look confused a couple of the lads at the 5 o’clock Club in the Plockton Inn, but once I opened my gob, they recognized me by the accent. My stomach was a little off due to a dodgy roast beef sandwich I had before arriving since the 7:30 breakfast at my hotel had […]

Honestly, that was not the original goal, but when one travels with an open heart you never know where you’ll end up and who you will meet along the way. The weather was very windy and a crusty slick of snow/ice covered the roads so I guess my idea to head toward Inverness was smart. I […]

Now I have two under my belt.  A few years ago I was able to go to the lighthouse at Ardnamurchan (I’ve actually been there twice), the most western point of the main island of Britain. Only as far as Penzance in Cornwall so I still need to return for Lizard Point.  I’ve been near […]