Although it wasn't clear when the day began, it was to be a wonderful weather day which meant that parking the car ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050127 at Glen Brittle and finding the trail to the Fairy Pools was a wonderful activity ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050128 though we started down the path worrying that it was too slippery and too steep ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050129 though there were enticing waterfalls along the way ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050130 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050131 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050132 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050133 and nice views into the distance ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050134 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050135 as we came to the stream that would define our journey ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050136 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050137 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050138 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050139 and though ti looked like not much, it gave rise to our first pool of water where the color and clarity were to be seen ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050140 and the waterfalls were growing in height and power ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050141 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050142 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050143 as we admired the purple flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050144 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050145 and again looked forward ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050146 as the pools became more colorful ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050147 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050148 and the rock formations more impressive and so it was rocks, waterfalls and pools for a while ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050149 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050150 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050151 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050152 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050153 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050154 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050155 with an occasional break for flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050156 and different angles ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050157 as we looked down this waterfall ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050158 and saw this wonderful pool ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050159 and continued on with the marvelous scenery ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050160 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050161 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050162 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050163 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050164 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050165 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050166 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050167 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050168 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050169 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050170 stopping to notice that the sky had cooperated ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050171 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050172 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050173 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050174 as Suzanne paused to pose for this picture ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050175 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050176 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050177 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050178 before we hit the next waterfall and pools ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050179 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050180 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050181 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050182 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050183 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050184 as we marched on along the path ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050185 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050186 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050187 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050188 and the scenery kept getting better as Suzanne noted ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050189 and as we marched on ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050190 the parking lot was always visible if increasingly far away ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050191 and so on we went through the scenery ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050192 with the quadruple waterfall ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050193 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050194 and the stream it produced ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050195 and the hills ahead which were becoming more 3 dimensional ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050196 even as the clouds rolled in to them ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050197 and so it was streams, hills, waterfalls, pools ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050198 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050199 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050200 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050201 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050202 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050203 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050204 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050205 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050206 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050207 before we took these self portraits ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050208 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050209 and then noted the rocks on the hill to our side, wondering where the color variation came from ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050210 and then we were back to the scenery in front of us ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050211 as we came across these bathers in water that must have been quite cold ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050212 and proceeded on ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050213 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050214 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050215 to the next bathers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050216 always admiring the pools ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050217 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050218 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050219 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050220 and the surrounding forests ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050221 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050222 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050223 as we looked downstream ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050224 and upstream ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050225 and saw the waterfall ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050226 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050227 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050228 and watched others make their way through the rocks ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050229 and by the waterfall ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050230 from top ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050231 and side ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050232 before we tried to take a self portrait with the waterfalls behind which involved much experimentation and little success. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050233 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050234 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050235 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050236 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050237 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050238 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050239 before we came to the place where you needed to balance on rocks to cross the stream, a challenging moment ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050240 and proceeded up the hill to the trail head ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050241 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050242 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050243 where we took this self portrait. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050244

Back at our room, we were greeted with the evening's dinner menu ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050245 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050246 and then strolled the grounds down to our local beach ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050247 of rocks ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050248 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050249 even at the water's edge ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050250 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050251 and with land across the way ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050252 as Suzanne gathered shells ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050253 and I looked out into the distance ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050254 before we climbed off the beach ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050255 and admired some of our finds ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050256 and in memories of previous walks, the ferns ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050257 and flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050258 before Suzanne posed on the beach ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050259 and I pondered the difference between the black and lighter rocks (is that the tide level?) ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050260 and we took pictures of the ever elusive purple flowers that had brought us here (or, their cousins did) ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050261 and the Kinloch Lodge life preserver ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050262 as we headed back towards the lodge and recorded some of the flowers along the way ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050263 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050264 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050265 and the flowers in the garden ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050266 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050267 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050268 ahead of the main building ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050269 and the building where we stayed ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050270 and the setting that we had enjoyed ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050271 before I recorded a few flowers by our building and we rested before dinner. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050272 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050273 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050274 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050275

And once again, dinner did not disappoint starting with Suzanne's Pims with fruit ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050276 and my beer ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050277 and moving on to the canapes ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050278 and the soup course ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050279 and Suzanne's wine ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050280 through which I tried to take artistic photos ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050281 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050282 and the bread ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050283 and my heather ale ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050284 and then the next courses for each of us ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050285 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050286 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050287 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050288 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050289 followed by our main courses which were well presented ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050290 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050291 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050292 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050293 and gave way to dessert ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050294 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050295 and the petit fours that ended the meal. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1050296