It's Eilean Donan Castle, Delwyn, on Loch Duich - half-way between Shiel Bridge and the Kyle of Lochalsh in the Western Highlands of Scotland. Bit of a tourist trap, though. You can check it out on www.eileandonancastle.com
I think this was crassly insensitive of me and insist on taking it down immediately. I hadn't thought it through. I do apologize. (How bitterly ironic the petrol company had this name!)
Lol, I was initially excited to see my name, thought it might be a second hand shop but no, a petrol station. Thats a terrible name for a petrol station, gleaners never destroy in their takings, they always take whats left-over or unwanted, without disturbing, which is quite unlike these gigantic greedy companies.
Okay, I'm still going to think of myself as a gleaner in a Millet painting in rural France or a collector of discarded objects.
I would have guessed Ireland, being not at all familiar with Scotland's coast. Beautiful sky, water, land, castle and bridge. It touches me.
My father traveled to the Orkney Islands in the 1980's and must have seen seascapes like these. I don't recall any images of coastline but will have to look through his slides again.
GUARD: 'Allo, daffy English kaniggets and Monsieur Arthur-King, who is afraid of a duck, you know! So, we French fellows out-wit you a second time! ARTHUR: How dare you profane this place with your presence!? I command you, in the name of the Knights of Camelot, to open the doors of this sacred castle, to which God himself has guided us! GUARD: How you English say, I one more time-a unclog my nose in your direction, sons of a window-dresser! So, you think you could out-clever us French folk with your silly knees-bent running about advancing behavior! etc., etc.
Am, I nearly went to Orkney but had no time in the end. You could see Orkney quite clearly from the Scottish mainland at John O' Groats and Duncansby Head. But I did visit the Western Isles of Harris and Lewis.
Great quote, Dominic!
Raph, the nidges were a far bigger problem than the midges - some of them up to half an inch long, and with a ferocious bite. Some even had tartan colouring as camouflage - so they could buzz out from some piper's kilt and latch onto your exposed bits before you had chance to say 'Och aye, it's those wee mingin' beasties again.' The Scots keep the little blighters secret - you never find stuff about them in the tourist brochures - they just don't want to put off potential visitors.
Guess where I've been these last few weeks?
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Have you been to Scotland and not come to visit? Outrageous!
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Was mainly on the west and north coasts, Rachel, not the east!
ReplyDelete(After your own challenging photographic clues, I thought I'd make mine a damn sight easier. So - no prize.)
Hi Walker
ReplyDeleteWhat is the castle in the top image?
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It's Eilean Donan Castle, Delwyn, on Loch Duich - half-way between Shiel Bridge and the Kyle of Lochalsh in the Western Highlands of Scotland. Bit of a tourist trap, though. You can check it out on www.eileandonancastle.com
ReplyDeleteNot the Jamaica Daily Gleaner then! I should have remembered that castle from last year's holiday at Attadale
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How did you fare nidge-wise?
ReplyDeleteMost of the time the wind and the rain kept the midges away... though the nidges were a bugger, I can't half tell you.
ReplyDeleteLovely castle photo. I will have to put it on my long list of places to visit.
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Wow I love thecolours and views in the top 2 photos but the last photo disturbs me - is there a petrol chain-store named after me?
ReplyDeleteI think this was crassly insensitive of me and insist on taking it down immediately. I hadn't thought it through. I do apologize. (How bitterly ironic the petrol company had this name!)
ReplyDeleteLol, I was initially excited to see my name, thought it might be a second hand shop but no, a petrol station. Thats a terrible name for a petrol station, gleaners never destroy in their takings, they always take whats left-over or unwanted, without disturbing, which is quite unlike these gigantic greedy companies.
ReplyDeleteOkay, I'm still going to think of myself as a gleaner in a Millet painting in rural France or a collector of discarded objects.
I would have guessed Ireland, being not at all familiar with Scotland's coast. Beautiful sky, water, land, castle and bridge. It touches me.
ReplyDeleteMy father traveled to the Orkney Islands in the 1980's and must have seen seascapes like these. I don't recall any images of coastline but will have to look through his slides again.
Climb any hills? Great castle. Shades of
ReplyDeleteGUARD: 'Allo, daffy English kaniggets and Monsieur Arthur-King, who
is afraid of a duck, you know! So, we French fellows out-wit you a
second time!
ARTHUR: How dare you profane this place with your presence!? I command
you, in the name of the Knights of Camelot, to open the doors of this
sacred castle, to which God himself has guided us!
GUARD: How you English say, I one more time-a unclog my nose in your
direction, sons of a window-dresser! So, you think you could
out-clever us French folk with your silly knees-bent running about
advancing behavior! etc., etc.
Beautiful views, Solitary! Wish I could visit this place - though the nidges sound worrisome.
ReplyDeleteAm, I nearly went to Orkney but had no time in the end. You could see Orkney quite clearly from the Scottish mainland at John O' Groats and Duncansby Head. But I did visit the Western Isles of Harris and Lewis.
ReplyDeleteGreat quote, Dominic!
Raph, the nidges were a far bigger problem than the midges - some of them up to half an inch long, and with a ferocious bite. Some even had tartan colouring as camouflage - so they could buzz out from some piper's kilt and latch onto your exposed bits before you had chance to say 'Och aye, it's those wee mingin' beasties again.' The Scots keep the little blighters secret - you never find stuff about them in the tourist brochures - they just don't want to put off potential visitors.