The view from my "office"

Geegeela said:
From Tongue to Bonar Bridge, Scotland, UK.
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Is the Glenmorangie Distillery near Tain on the agenda? I have always loved that drive through Lairg - so remote and unspoiled, although the memory of the "clearances" does seem to hang over the area like a cloak of sorrow (on a grey day).
 
OATEK said:
Is the Glenmorangie Distillery near Tain on the agenda? I have always loved that drive through Lairg - so remote and unspoiled, although the memory of the "clearances" does seem to hang over the area like a cloak of sorrow (on a grey day).
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No distilleries visits on this trip. Yes, I agree the run down the A836, locally known as the Cas O’Mire, is a great joy. The road although still narrow has been much improved with the inclusion of many more passing points and has considerably reduced the stress.
 
Geegeela said:
No distilleries visits on this trip. Yes, I agree the run down the A836, locally known as the Cas O’Mire, is a great joy. The road although still narrow has been much improved with the inclusion of many more passing points and has considerably reduced the stress.
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First drove it in 1987, with a tick fog descending. Now that was exacting! I had always wanted to go to Lairg since it appeared in a Hammond Innes novel (hands up all those ancient enough to have read his works of fiction).
 
OATEK said:
First drove it in 1987, with a tick fog descending. Now that was exacting! I had always wanted to go to Lairg since it appeared in a Hammond Innes novel (hands up all those ancient enough to have read his works of fiction).
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Hammond Innes is a bit modern for my liking. I wonder if Capt. W. E. Johns or Compton MacKenzie mentioned it. Edit: Though I have certainly read "The Wreck Of The Mary Deare" and a few others.

We drove parts of that road in the 1970's but luckily had beautiful weather - and fortunately only encountered midges with no ticks:D (Next time I make a spelling error, and there will be a next time, you can make jokes at my expense:))
 
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OATEK said:
First drove it in 1987, with a tick fog descending. Now that was exacting! I had always wanted to go to Lairg since it appeared in a Hammond Innes novel (hands up all those ancient enough to have read his works of fiction).
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OZDUCK said:
Hammond Innes is a bit modern for my liking. I wonder if Capt. W. E. Johns or Compton MacKenzie mentioned it. Edit: Though I have certainly read "The Wreck Of The Mary Deare" and a few others.

We drove parts of that road in the 1970's but luckily had beautiful weather - and fortunately only encountered midges with no ticks:D (Next time I make a spelling error, and there will be a next time, you can make jokes at my expense:))
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I used to love Hammond Innes and think I still have a few on my bookshelf. It's funny how reading a fiction book makes you want to go somewhere. I really only went to Savannah because of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
 
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