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Aye, me too & the thing about it is, if you finish whats on your plate you can always go back for more ...... hardly surprising then that some Truckerists end up somewhat rotund & portly! :D

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So last week, me, my sister and her eldest daughter had 5 days in West Scotland, we stopped at Fort William and yes it was a long drive but well worth it..

My sisters eldest on the top of the Nevis Range

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We Found a Waterfall...

My sister and her eldest at the Loch Lochy Viewpoint, to be honest I think the people naming the lochs ran out of names..

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Eilean Donan Castle - used in the Highlander film with Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery

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Been to all those places over the years, as to Eilean Donan, well that is just Jockishness as the world understands it. Loch Lochy is because the Jockeens are simple folk, who really don't want difficulties in their lives so they keep it simple. :D

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Whilst I've been to Scotland before, it was mostly Edinburgh and the Kingdom of Fife

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The Old Man of Storr

This was a difficult hike, I'm not young anymore and it was all uphill, I didn't make it to the top which was another 30 minute scramble up steep step and rocks.

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The Jacobite Train, which goes from Fort William to Mallaig

Funnily enough the trains that run the route are owned by Rileys who are based in Bury.

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My sister spotted this giant bug on the Nevis Range, it's a Giant Horntail or Woodwasp

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Crocodile Rock, on Loch Linnhe

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Some more from Scotland

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Steam Engine Detail

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it was busy in town yesterday .. think the lobster had eyes on the medical persons there .. they had medical persons on the back of their tshirts

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Getting about as I do, I get to see things & take random piccies, here's a few from the last couple of months in no particular order. :)


A visitor pinching bird food - Hook waiting for the ferry x2 - Gracie, my mates little lovable Staffie - Family get together, All our yesteryears & Dad "discussing" Tech with Grandson - Northern Italy the Brenner Autobahn x2 - Weinberg at Lahr Schwarzwald & Helo trg flight at old RCAF / French airbase Lahr.

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Love the little red squirrel…we only have the dirty looking grey ones near us.