We spent another day exploring El Hierro. The wind is constantly blowing, but it’s still warm. I have to go for a swim tomorrow! Today, I stopped to take a picture from the fluffy pine trees.
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Lost my heart in El Hierro
It happened again and I fell in love with a place, El Hierro. When we arrived in El Hierro last night, everything was dark and we could not see the beauty that surrounded us. Today, we drove around the island and found rough cliffs, fluffy forests, old trees and volcanic stones. I bathed only my feet on a stony beach…
Going to…
God bye Scotland
This is our last day in Scotland. The people and the weather treated us very well. We will try to take back the rain and leave the sun here…
Beaches and Cliffs
Today, the sun woke us up and we went for a stroll on a beach with cows J. The car told us, it was 25°C. It felt like Greece, just greener. Later we found a nice coffee and cake place in Dunvegan and ate a carrot cake. Here, they use orange flavour in the carrot cake, which is delicious.
In the afternoon I wanted to see some cliffs and we drove to the western end of the island and found some pretty steep and rough cliffs.
Isle of Skye
Normally people refer to the Isle of Skye as „the Skye“. It reminds me a lot of the Lofoten in Norway. Mountains, green hills, oceans, small houses, cliffs, beaches and of course sheep. We went to Portree the largest town on the island, where we are staying for three nights. It’s a lovely fishing village, with a lot of tourists and too few restaurants. Luckily there is a great place for fish and chips just at the harbour.
Today we went on the hike to Ben Edra, a mountain of the Trotternish Ridge. It was sunny at first, but then we got lost in a swamp. By the time we were almost at the top, the fog came from the ocean and we decided to go back again to avoid getting lost in the fog.
Pics from Mr. K.
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
Today we drove through the Highlands (the Scottish Mountains). There were clouds, a tiny bit of rain and fog. This was what we had expected to experience the whole time. We went for a walk and after 5 minutes we saw the first lapwing!
Lapwings occur in wetlands. They are mainly black (tinted green) and white with a crest on the head. The wings are black with a white end and white on the under side. They have a peculiar, erratic way of flying, to which its name refers.
Picture: Birdforum, Nigel Pye
Driving on the left side
We are on our way to explore the countryside, on the left side of the street, with the monkey. Some high and lowlights of the day:
– Saw a Oystercatcher, bluebells, a mouse and baby coot
– The sun is shining
– Walkers the Scottish version of Kvikk lunsj
– To lazy to bring the binoculars on the walk…
– Rent a car can take more than 1.5h. Even if you haven’t left Europe!
Scotland – Edinburgh
We arrived in Edinburgh this morning and will be in Scotland for a few days. It is our first holiday since our trip to Canada and the States last year. I am looking forward to some days of relaxing, birding, hiking, strolling, eating, drinking and enjoying. The first thing today: a coffee, what else?
Brew lab, an artisan coffee bar in the centre of Edinburgh.
Worldmap stamp
I don’t like Christmas in November. No, it should not start before December! But when you own a shop, then you have to think about Christmas before December, or you’ll be to late to sell your stuff.
This year I have done that and here is the Worldmap stamp. You can make your personal cards from everywhere in the world. They don’t have to be for Christmas. You can also take the stamp with you when you go on holiday in case you don’t like these cheesy postcards they sell everywhere.
Stamp, and your DIY card is finished.
