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These are my rantings and ravings. I'm Dave, by the way – a 20-something ~~journalist,~~ web designer, programmer and general geek (the good kind!) living and working for fuzzylime in Scotland's finest city. If you want to, you can contact me by clicking here.

The view from Plockton

The view from Plockton

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It's fun to stay at the... SYHA!

Portree harbour injects some colour into proceedings

Over the sea to Skye

Portree high up

Portree low down

Portree all around (and so the feeling grows... oh wait)

The end of the road! It goes onto the pier, and then into the sea

'It's strange, isn't it, that's there's no ferry terminal here?' 'Yeah it is... oh wait...'

Mallaig (been there) from Armadale (was there)

Scott prepares for a trip to Mallaig

A distinct lack of openness, or indeed pasta

Dinner! And wet railing to lean on!

Skye. It's rugged

The view from Plockton

The view of Plockton

'When I'm in Plockton, I love CHEWEE breakfast bars!'

An island. Off Shieldaig. With trees

This would just be a random house, were it not for the fact I stayed here when I was eight

And this beach was nearby. And too windy for frisbee

Gruinard Island, where sheep were tied up and anthrax-tested. Scott tries to send one back

An old house, too close for comfort to anthrax-ness

Slightly prettier... Corrieshalloch gorge

I'm in Ullapool!

Oh wait, no, it's down there

I'm in Ullapool - just

It's 170-odd miles, but we'll go

Let's go with... ba dum dum tish

Darkening down Ullapool

The sunset was behind this

It's just like being back in Glasgow... except with Gaelic

Dunnet Head (the most northerly point)

At which Scott looks mightily unimpressed

And Dave just looks frozen

Identical expression, different place... Ooh, it's John O'Groats! And it's rubbish!

Seriously, this is it

Duncansby Head (furthest north-east point), and Scott looks soaked for some reason

At least the Stacks nearby were cool

The only thing worth picturing in the whole of Thurso

Back at John O'Groats the next day, and you can see Orkney! We think

A quick jaunt down the A9, and we're up Cairngorm

Or looking down to Loch Morlich

Or up to, erm, water

Inverness is nice

The castle at night less so

Just before it started tipping it down, 20mins from the city centre

The falls of Bruar

Water, water everywhere

Which Scott is guarding

Ooh, it's art

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