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TRIP 6 MISTY ISLE

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Day 1. 3rd July 2019 - Heading west. Trip 6 was an unexpected reprise of the Dinosaur walking group's trip to the west in May. One of the walks that the Dinosaurs had done was on the south side of the island of Raasay. This was somewhere that Bob had always wanted to visit and he had really enjoyed the walking. It seemed that Sharon had actually booked us into Raasay House Hotel months before the Dinosaur visit. So, this journey had come as a surprise to him, having only learned of it the day before. Unfortunately, the weather forecast was not good and we left Inverness in grey, misty and wet conditions. Normally we would take photos of the journey, but conditions were not conducive to great sweeping Highland panoramas. We did take the chance to stop off for two minutes to take a photo of Eilean Donan Castle. This castle has been on every shortbread tin and features in heaps of films. Most people go to the dedicated car park and pay for the privilege. However, you get so...