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- Malvern Worcestershire
I always think pebbles are fascinating and wondering what journey they had been on to get that smooth
Autumn Trip to Gran Canaria (aka Helmsdale, Sutherland)
- Thread starter Jacqui-S
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Jacqui-S
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- Location
- Fife, Scotland
Candy
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- Location
- West Yorkshire, UK
Hooray! Well done! All you needed was to know how to do it! No-one is born with that!
Oh, and I am also a pebble lover.
Me too. I think my little grandson is too, as I have pebbles around the patio In the garden. He loves making ’towers’ with them - I blame Makka Pakka from ‘In the Night Garden’!
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- Buckinghamshire UK
My father was a scot and since the first time I saw the beautiful bleakness of some of the places I wanted to make it my home. It never happened but I love your travels and your pics. I can live vicariously through you. Thank you.
- Location
- Herefordshire, UK
Super pics of a beautiful area, that red deer stag is really magnificent.
Jacqui-S
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- Location
- Fife, Scotland
This is our last day of our holidays and we took it a bit easy in preparation for the long drive home tomorrow.
We nipped into Helmsdale for our lunch first and had a wee wander around the harbour area.
It is really pretty with loads of traditional small fishing boats ( who catch the wonderful fresh haddock we ate for dinner the other night)
We went up a side road inland to a place called Doll, as there were a number of geocache. At the end was a FORD across the river. Not one of your gentle little shallow fords, oh no. We parked up and took the footbridge. There looked like there was a nice walk up the far side of the river (River Brora), all the way up to Brora Loch. Another time perhaps.
We nipped into Helmsdale for our lunch first and had a wee wander around the harbour area.
It is really pretty with loads of traditional small fishing boats ( who catch the wonderful fresh haddock we ate for dinner the other night)
We went up a side road inland to a place called Doll, as there were a number of geocache. At the end was a FORD across the river. Not one of your gentle little shallow fords, oh no. We parked up and took the footbridge. There looked like there was a nice walk up the far side of the river (River Brora), all the way up to Brora Loch. Another time perhaps.
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Jacqui-S
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- Fife, Scotland
We then headed down to Golspie where we were planning on doing The Big Burn Walk.
It was a nice meander up the burn on leafy paths. We missed the best of the waterfall at the end as we took the high path rather than the low one, but it was thundering down.
The water here looks so so dark having cone through the peat.
Our walk took almost an hour and a half as we were looking for a couple of geocache and then got lost coming back down. The path just disappeared. Rather than doubling back, we just winged it
There were about 6 or 7 wooden bridges crossing back and forth.
It was a nice meander up the burn on leafy paths. We missed the best of the waterfall at the end as we took the high path rather than the low one, but it was thundering down.
The water here looks so so dark having cone through the peat.
Our walk took almost an hour and a half as we were looking for a couple of geocache and then got lost coming back down. The path just disappeared. Rather than doubling back, we just winged it
There were about 6 or 7 wooden bridges crossing back and forth.
- Location
- Cornwall , UK
These are all so beautiful , especially the last set which is my kind of place . Thank you both for sharing your trip , I will miss it xx
Jacqui-S
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- Location
- Fife, Scotland
Dunrobin Castle has a request stop railway station. You need to let the driver know when you get on that you want to get off there.
If you want to get ON, you stick your hand out as you would do for a bus. The train goes slowly past.
The building itself is now a museum, although currently closed due to covid.
Pretty.
If you want to get ON, you stick your hand out as you would do for a bus. The train goes slowly past.
The building itself is now a museum, although currently closed due to covid.
Pretty.
- Location
- Herefordshire, UK
Beautiful and interesting 
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
Here’s a video showing the Ford!
And some of my photos from today
And some of my photos from today
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- Canberra, Australia
How beautiful!
As for the ford:
As for the ford:
If you didn't pass through fords in some parts of the uk you'd never get places
but most are innocuous, just a couple of inches much of the time . And I think they are becoming less common now.Edit. Most are not like the one @Sophiedoodle and @Jacqui-S posted above
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Candy
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- West Yorkshire, UK
Absolutely beautiful photos! Wish Joy and I could have been there! I particularly like the pictures with water cascading. It has been a real treat to catch up with this every evening.Here’s a video showing the Ford!
And some of my photos from today
Thankyou!xxx
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
Aaaand Goodnight, says Oreo 
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- Canberra, Australia
I know...If you didn't pass through fords in some parts of the uk you'd never get places
We are getting a lot of those ads here because it’s coming into a rainy summer and will be a big cyclone season, meaning flooded roads up and down the east coast, and idiots driving into them...
Candy
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- Location
- West Yorkshire, UK
Yes, I particularly remember fords as part of my childhood holidays, with my Dad saying every time 'Can we 'aford' to do this?' accompanied by groans from the rest of us.If you didn't pass through fords in some parts of the uk you'd never get places
They seem to be a rarity nowadays.