05/06/2015

Ho flower of Scotland....

Non non, je n'ai pas redisparu de la circulation :)
Nous nous sommes accordé presque 2 semaines de décompression intense....en Écosse :D

La reprise s'est faite sur des chapeaux de roues et me voici seulement aujourd'hui pour vous montrer quelques photos (le choix a été difficile...) de cet endroit magnifique que nous affectionnons tout particulièrement !

Ile de Skye - Skye Island

Nous étions super bien logés, au milieu de la nature et bien positionnés pour pouvoir rayonner ;)
on en a fait des kilomètres, mais ça valait le coup !

Notre cabane - Our lodge

Édimbourg, Le Loch Ness, L'Ile de Skye....
Le pont où est passé le train qui menait Harry Potter à l'école de magie, le château d'Highlander...les pas de William Wallace


Le château d’Édimbourg - Edinburgh Castle

Un beau périple :)
En pratiquant le Géocaching nous avons en plus eu la chance de découvrir des endroits où nous
n'étions jamais allés !


Loch Ness
Urquhart Castle -  Loch Ness

Partis en mai plutôt qu'en septembre comme d'habitude, nous avons découvert l’Écosse sous d'autres couleurs, une autre nature...et même avec de la neige :)


Glencoe 

Un beau voyage bien dépaysant avec une seule promesse au retour, celle de ne pas attendre 8 ans pour y retourner :D

Quelque part sur Skye - Somewhere on Skye

Au retour nous nous avons fait un petit arrêt à Stratford Upon Avon, la ville natale de Shakespeare :)
Depuis le temps que je voulais y mettre les pieds !

Maison qui a vu naitre Shakespeare - Shakespeare's birthplace

Pas de croix cette fois ci, mes aiguilles ont un peu été en vacances :)
Mais d'ici peu un nouveau post.....
Merci à Super Moitié pour ses magnifiques photos
A bientôt

DMC ?? :)


Hi there
No, I haven't disappeared again :D
We just made a break of about 2 weeks and went to Scotland.
Both Hubby and I are great Scotland lovers, we are fond of Scotland and hadn't been there for 8 years !!!

Fairy pools - Skye

Too long :)
Usually we go in September, going in May allowed us to see that wonderful country through other colours, another landscape, nature...and even with snow !


La petite maison dans la ...Glencoe - The little house in the ...Glencoe

We had a terrific lodge , somewhere at the Ben Nevis foot (see in the pictures above) perfectly situated to drive here and there and discover beautiful places.
We play Geocaching and this made us discovering places we had never been before :)

Eilean Donan castle - Utilisé pour le film Highlander / Used in the movie Highlander

Edinburgh, Loch Ness, Isle if Skye.... we really had a wonderful trip !
We promised ourselves to not wait for 8 years before coming back ;)


Carrbridge

Here is the Glenfinnan bridge, that was used in Harry Potter movies :)
The train used at that time is still on. It is a very beautiful one but that was too expensive for us to take it. We wanted to see it on the bridge but hadn't that luck ;)

Glenfinnan - Quelque chose d'Harry Potter ? ;)

We just walked in the paces of Rob Roy in the Glencoe and William Wallace in the Borders ;)

New Abbey

On the way back, we made a stop at Stratford Upon Avon , the town where Shakespeare was born ;)
For years I've been wanting to visit it ! it has been a short stop but it is such a lovely town that it worth the few miles more and coming back home later.
And look what we saw there ? 2 perfect shops :)




No cross stitch to share with you this time... it will come with another post soon :)


 
DMC ? :)


 Just wanted to share with you that little paradise we love. We are not fond of white sand beaches and 40° ... this is really a little paradise to us :)

Glencoe

I wanted to thank you for your kind comments on my SODA pieces in the previous post, I'll answer them soon.
And also, a special thank to Super Half for those beautiful pictures (the choice has really been difficult )

Coming soon
xxx

Fairy pools Skye
Fairy pools Skye


33 commentaires:

  1. Une superbe balade!! Je reconnais plusieurs endroits ou j'ai comme toi jouée la touriste :)

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    1. Je suis déjà en manque :D
      c'était tellement bien
      comme si le temps s'était arrêté , une très belle pause qui nous a vraiment fait énormément de bien !!!
      bizzzzzzzz

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  2. Wow! What a gorgeous post. Thank you for sharing.

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    1. Thank you Vickie :)
      Scotland is such a beautiful place
      Everywhere you look it is beautiful !!
      xxx

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  3. Beautiful pictures.... but you're making me homesick!!! Glad you had a good time.

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    1. I thought a lot at you when I was there
      I remembered your bookmark with the highland cows when I saw some in the fields :D
      Scotland is so beautiful, I already miss it !!!
      It was my 12th time there and each time it's a real pleasure :D
      xxxx

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  4. Aww so beautiful pictures...
    Sending you big hugs x

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    1. hooo thank you sweetie :D
      I'm so happy to read you here
      I spoke about you in my previous post and I sincerely hop you're fine or at least better than you were
      you look so beautiful on your FB <3
      Lot's of love for you
      xxx

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  5. You are right Valerie, there is much beauty in Scotland.glad you had a lovely holiday.Your photos tell the story of your explorations :-)

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    1. ho yeeeees, I miss it already :D
      we had a wonderful break !!! so peaceful
      in our lodge, each morning there was a deer coming to the window...so lovely
      we won't wait 8 years to go there again !!!
      big hugs
      xxx

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  6. Oh yes Scotland I want to go one day!Stratford I have been to and have fond memories!Great photos!No let's not sign in on Geocaching as well. I have already signed in Bookcrossers and resisting the postcrossing!AriadnefromGreece!

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    1. Scotland is wonderful, each season has its treasures
      we saw many beautiful places
      I didn't know about bookcrossing ...it seems to be interesting too...but I think I think I won't have time now ;)
      I have to go back to my needles first
      big hugs
      xxx

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  7. Such a beautiful place! I think I could live in the cabin (or maybe a castle) year round. I would need more trees though! It's like you were living in a fairy tale for a couple of weeks~ :D

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    1. ho I think I could too :)
      we saw a deer almost every morning through the window and many birds
      I thought I was Snow White or another princess :D
      Scotland is so beautiful
      we had a wonderful break
      xxxx

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  8. Beautiful pics!! Glad to know you both had a great vacation:)

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    1. hoooo yes we had a wonderful break
      it was so good
      I love holidays :D
      xxxx

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  9. Ooh you are so lucky! I loved seeing your pics... brings back happy memories of my trip to see Nessie and Shakespeare many many years ago!
    Hugs xx

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    1. I'm happy if I brought back good memories to you :)
      Scotland is so beautiful, whole Great Britain is in fact we our hearts really go to Scotland
      maybe we have been Scots in another life :D
      I have something like 500 pictures that hubby made !!! a real difficult choice !!!
      soon going to Waterloo for the 200 years of the French defeat....so other pics soon ;)
      big hugs sweetie
      xxx

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  10. Ah, you (and hubby) always make great pictures!
    Seems you had a great time over there!

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    1. Hubby ore than me hehehehe :D
      it is his job.... ;)
      we had a WONDERFUL time, come back to reality now, and I already miss Scotland
      in 2 weeks we are going to Waterloo for the 200 years of the battle...soon more beautiful pictures I hope...and also pictures from stitched pieces :D
      big big hugs
      xxx

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  11. Wonderful places. it's now some 30 years ago since I was there and I recognized and remeber all.
    Good to hear you had a good time

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    1. ho yes we had a terrific moment, too short, but we were already so lucky to go there
      if a day we are forced to leave France and install somewhere we'd love Scotland or Quebec ;)
      we both are fond of Great Britain, there are so many beautiful places !!
      thank you for your kind comment always
      big hug
      xxx

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  12. Beautiful photos, Val. It looks and sounds like a wonderful vacation. You and hubby were in places where my ancestors walked. :)

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    1. I already miss Scotland :D
      Such a great break ! We had such a good time
      We came back with many beautiful pictures in head ! We also walked a lot hehehe
      Each time we go it is different !
      I didn't know you had Scottish ancestors, or didn't remember...
      with Hubby we love imagining we also have :D
      xxx

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  13. How beautiful! I am happy for you that you got to have such a beautiful time. XOX

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    1. thank you Steph ;)
      Scotland is so beautiful, it couldn't be different than wonderful :D
      we are real Scotland lovers and are both hoping to go back soon ;)
      Hope you're fine sweetie
      xxx

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  14. OMG Now I really wanne visit scotland. what a beautifull pictures.. so aweosme landschape.
    Al those pic´s of the water, land, sky, building.. really love them.
    The stores so cute.. hihi a store called Valerie!1 how great it that.
    Those sheep are used for DMC.. look at them, there eyes are asking use me use me!!!
    You look awesome!
    You both had such a awesome vacation. Enjoy all teh pictures.
    Don´t work to hard, and enjoy your time with super half and you stitching

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    1. I’m sure you’d fall in love with that incredible country ♥
      I can’t believe it is already one month since we went there !!!
      I miss Scotland already
      We saw incredible landscapes indeed
      12 days as if time had stopped :D
      thank you for your kind comment Petite Anne
      xxxx

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  15. Wow! Such beautiful photos - you must have had a wonderful time, thank you so much for sharing with us.

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    1. Ho yes we had a wonderful time :D
      This is such a beautiful country !
      I'm definitely in love
      Thank you so much for your coming and comment here
      big hugs
      xxx

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  16. Magnifiques photos et certaines me ramènent 20 ans en arrière ! Merci beaucoup.

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    1. Un trop bel endroit où, si l'on s'écoutait, on irait tous les ans :)
      Nous sommes trop fans
      Merci pour la visite :)

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