Images of Scotland

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Sunday 18 January, 2015 by Uncle Spike

After the earlier post from Scotland seemed so popular, I got to digging through my box of old prints once more for a few more yesteryear snaps of that bonnie land…

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Water features BIG in my travels, always has…. I love beaches, coastlines, lakes and lochs. For me, there is something instinctual about staying close to water. I have lived in landlocked areas before, but even then, always escape to the coast, or to water anyway, whenever I got the chance. Seems that my travelling life is no different… 

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Bagpipers are renowned the world over, even in New York (?), but there can be no cooler and more quaint image of Scotland, than to come across a Scotsman, in full traditional regalia, playing his pipes, right in the heart of Scotland.

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With so much rainfall, Scotland is wonderfully green all year round. Obviously it varies from place to place, but I read once that the Western Highlands have rainfall on over 250 days a year, with a total of over 3000mm, or 118″.

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And to finish off, I found a few more classic shots of lochs and mountains that I have visited around Scotland. Most of these were taken in the early to mid 90s.

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