Category Archives: Elsewhere

Don’t let a little Cullen skink scare you

Posted on 31 Jul 2013 by lornaofarabia

Scottish cuisine gets an undeservedly bad rap. Everyone likes to poke fun at haggis (see the video clip in this post from my old food blog if you’re into haggis humor). But the great chieftain of the pudding race gets … Continue reading →

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Staffa and Treshnish

Posted on 30 Jul 2013 by lornaofarabia

Wow. We’ve seen some great stuff on this trip, but this really puts a bow on it. We booked a daytrip to Staffa and Treshnish through Turus Mara. A little bus picked us up at Salen’s village center and delivered … Continue reading →

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Iona

Posted on 29 Jul 2013 by lornaofarabia

Today we took a boat from Mull to the even smaller island of Iona. Iona was a hopping center of Celtic Christianity back in the day. St. Columba arrived there with twelve of his Irish buddies in the year 503. … Continue reading →

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Mulling it over

Posted on 28 Jul 2013 by lornaofarabia

Sorry. I know my titles get pretty cheesy sometimes. We spent last night in Oban, then this morning made the short crossing by ferry to the Isle of Mull. We dropped our bags off at a B&B in Salen, and … Continue reading →

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Mucking about

Posted on 27 Jul 2013 by lornaofarabia

Today we took the long way back from Rum. Most days of the week there is a ferry that goes from one small isle to another, but on summer Saturdays there is a ferry that starts on the mainland and … Continue reading →

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Midges and magnates

Posted on 26 Jul 2013 by lornaofarabia

This morning we took the the ferry from Ardvasar to Mallaig, on the mainland. There we boarded another ferry that took us to Rum, the largest in a group of four islands called “the small isles.” Rum has plenty of … Continue reading →

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Trotternish

Posted on 25 Jul 2013 by lornaofarabia

Inspired by our adventure yesterday (and undeterred by bad steps), we set out again today to explore Skye on foot. Today’s objective was Trotternish, the large peninsula at the north of the island. We hiked all day. We got a … Continue reading →

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No bad steps

Posted on 24 Jul 2013 by lornaofarabia

We are now on the Isle of Skye, aka “the misty isle.” Today we drove in our rental car along a series of nerve-racking single-track roads to the village of Elgol.  Our plan was to go on a hike described … Continue reading →

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South Harris

Posted on 23 Jul 2013 by lornaofarabia

Yesterday we left Stornoway and headed down to the Isle of Harris, which is actually the other end of the Isle of Lewis. Andreas and Kosta got off the bus in the main port town, Tarbert, to find a B&B … Continue reading →

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Stornoway man

Posted on 22 Jul 2013 by lornaofarabia

Where are you, Murdo? One of the things that keeps drawing me back to Lewis is the family connection. This is my third trip here. Each time I come armed with a little more information, but it’s never quite enough … Continue reading →

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