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From Strathyre back to Beauly

Less than a week to go and like on all holidays, the second half seems to go much faster than the first half. We have driven through the whole of Scotland, thousands of kilometers and now we want to go back to an area we would like to see again and explore further: the Highlands.

First we drive to the village Killin to have a look at the Falls of Dochart, just before the river Dochart flows into Loch Tay.

We are out of L.P.G. again, so we go to Oban first. Yesterday it had taken already a long time to refuel, today it takes even longer. In the end, the employee remembers he has forgotten to order more gas and that the gas tank now is totally empty. So we have made a long detour for nothing. Through Fort William and the Great Glen, along Loch Ness and Castle Urquhart we drive straight to Beauly, to the Caledonian Hotel, where we have had the most pleasant time this journey.

We have not announced our coming back, for there were only few tourists and nowhere we have found a place where reservations were necessary, so we just hope they still will have a place for us. They are quite surprised and they seem really happy we have returned. Well, we surely, are very happy. We have arrived early and before we know, we have been talking and chattering for hours, like old friends. Yes, we sure like it here.

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