What an amazing day we had!! As most Scots know, Glasgow is always a rainy place. So as we took the bus from Edinburgh, where it was sunny and warm, to Glasgow on the way to Loch Lomond, we were hit with a cold chill, clouds and mist. Oh well, it added to the adventure.
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| Leaving on the bus. Iulia and Jennifer were ready at the bus before it left by 10 minutes ... I was there by 2 minutes. But I made it!! ;) |
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| The bus stopped at the village of Luss, which is on the west bank of Loch Lomond. |
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| The distance from Musselburgh to Luss. |
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| Us standing at the pier ready to go to the island of Inchailloch |
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| On the boat!! |
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| Iulia enjoying the view. The mist made it seem so magical!! |
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One of the islands (Inchconachan Island) is inhabited by wallabies, yes, small kangaroos!! I don't know how they have climatized to the cold temperatures, but they apparently had reproduced too many times that unfortunately some have to be killed to protect the native wildlife.
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| Walking off the boat onto the island Inchailloch |
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| A beautiful stretch of beach on the island |
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| Interesting root structure |
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| Walking up a hill to get an awesome view of other islands in Loch Lomond |
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| We met with some Taiwanese QMU students, who also joined Iulia tours |
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| Second difficult attempt of a selfie (friendsie) to capture the view as well as us |
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| Finally got some one else to take the photo ;) |
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| Walking down the hill. Iulia was our amazing tour guide, who had thoughtfully and meticulously planned out our entire day so that we could make the most of the trip :D |
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| Map of the island |
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| Our group on the move |
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| Aww <3 |
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| Another aww <3 |
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| Iulia doing an amazing job of stone skimming |
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| We found a small secluded beach where we decided to attempt another group selfie (friendsie). This time much more successful :D |
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| Action photo |
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| The magic of moss |
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| Having tea of the boat trip back |
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| Us on the boat!! |
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| On land again!! Iulia planned to go on the heritage walk around the village of Luss. What Iulia didn't know was that it was also a fairy tour, where we followed fairy dust, saw fairy doors in all the trees and was following lots of little girls and boys wearing fairy wings <3 |
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| Now it was just the three BFFs |
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| Fairy door |
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| Fairy bridge |
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| Fairy Laura |
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| Fairy Iulia |
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| I found a fairy stone skimming!! |
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| Action shot |
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| On the bus back to QMU!! Iulia gave me half of her chocolate cake :D I then fell asleep ;) |
After wards we got back, had something to eat, and then we decided to watch a movie to finish off our amazingly adventurous day.
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| Watching Murder on the Orient Express for the second time. What an amazing movie!! |
Till next time,
Laura xx
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