With nearly 400 to choose from (aren’t digital cameras great?) I could post nothing else for the next 6 months and not run out, but even I’m not that nasty to my readers. A lot of the landscapey ones will be posted up on my photo blog, but here’s some of the others for all 2 of you that are interested 
Home for the last 2 weeks was our shiny new tent. Surprisingly roomy, it even had it’s own LED lighting system and was very waterproof as we found out most nights. A good tent, but it certainly makes me appreciate my house even more!
Pat & Tom piloting the ‘Arctic Penguin’ now beached at Inveraray as a museum. Hard to believe this cramped little tub ever went to sea…..
The Glenfinnan monument where Bonnie Prince Charlie first stepped ashore in Scotland. A breath-takingly beautiful place, with breathtaking prices at the National Trust coffee shop……
Pat & Tom doing their best Braveheart impressions at Dunstaffnage Castle. Who let them buy a sword? Many, many thistles died that day……
Yes those are beavers, I’ll let you insert your own captions……
These photos are from the first week in the west of Scotland, near Oban. A very beautiful area, but quite remote, with often only a single road passing through, and you’re constantly skirting lochs, and mountain passes. Nice to visit, not sure I could ever live there.
I’ll post a few pics from the second week in Yorkshire tomorrow.
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Oban looks nice. I like all that sort of thing. I’ve never been to Scotland. Mrs Pinksy wants to go for a holiday. I’m not much of a camper though. Are there guest houses?
Beavers? Did someone say beavers? Is this a new rodent thread?
OK, who DID buy the sword? I bet you could write a book and title it “Two Weeks In A Tent With Young Boys”. 
Seriously, I can see that they are going to be handsome young men someday. Oh, and WHERE are the pictures of their Mom and Dad? 
So your sons attacked you with swords after only one week in the tent? Or have I misread this?
And I just don’t know understand the beavers fit in….
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The smiles on your boys faces say they had a great family holiday!
Tents come with lights nowadays? Cool.
Glad you had a great time - can’t wait for more pictures!
We passed through the Oban area on my last trip to the UK. It really was a beautiful area. Wished we could have spent a bit more time there. Looks like you guys had an absolute ball.
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun. You have adorable boys!
Lots of hotels Pinksy, you comfort hound, you and it is lovely out there.
I have some photos of their Mum Webduck…
Curmudgeon, swords were indeed drawn at various times
Yes Kai, it’s equipped with a battery pack and a string of LED’s, worked very well. Mmmm, technology…
Oban is lovely, and the area is stunning. Not short of rain though…..