Rainbows, Waterfalls and Castles « Kaija & David’s UK Expedition

Rainbows, Waterfalls and Castles

Settled back in to London pretty quickly when we arrived from Australia and the jetlag wasn’t too bad for once as we went back to work straight away.

It is definately Spring time with the days starting to get longer, the sun is making special appearances and there are bulbs and blossums everywhere.

I have started playing netball on Tuesday nights (last week we won 26-6!) and David is back in Dusseldorf a couple of days a week.

For the Easter long weekend we headed up to Scotland for four days with a girl from work, Ola, her husband, Remy and house mate, Aga.

It was a mammoth trip, we drove all the way from London so covered 2700km in the four days but had a fantastic time!

After a 5am start, on the Friday we drove up the West coast of the UK, passing through Glasgow, Glencoe, Fort William, past beautiful mountains and lochs and over to the Isle of Skye. It was cold and wet but the scenery along the way was incredible. Waterfalls and rainbows everywhere!

We stayed overnight in a tiny village called Kyleakin where we explored the ruins of an old castle.

The following morning we drove up the Isle of Skye to Dunvegan Castle where we stopped and explored the gardens. Also on Skye we visited more waterfalls and ruins of an ancient fort. More dramatic scenery along the way.

At lunch we stopped in the pretty fishing village of Ullapool (back on the mainland) and took a dramatic drive up to the town of Tongue where we spent the second night.

On the way to Tongue, we stopped at Smoo cave which is a cliff cave with, you guessed it, another waterfall!

Our hostel in Tongue was lovely. It was situated on the edge of a lock and was an old 18th centuary hunting lodge.

On Easter Sunday we woke up to a fantastic Polish breakfast (the others we were travelling with were Polish) before heading out again. This time we followed the coast along to Dunney Head, the most northern point in the UK. Along the way we stopped and visited the ruins of a 15th centuary church, St Marys.

We also stopped at John of Grouts, the lovely town of Lybster where we had lunch by the harbour, another ruined fort and the beautiful Dunbeath Castle.

That evening we stayed at the Hilton Aviemore before an epic drive back to London.

We saw so many amazing sights in Scotland. It truely is a beautiful place. We have wonderful sunny weather from Saturday and saw so much wildlife including deer and seals. As you will see in the pics there are a lot of photos of castles and mountains and waterfalls. I haven’t been able to name many of them as they were just everywhere! In four days we managed to see so much.

Back in London we have been spending a bit of time fixing up our little garden and enjoying the sunshine. The garden is coming along nicely and came complete with some nesting birds.

Off for a bike ride while the weather is lovely!