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Next – Amberg Fortress and Church

I joined a Rabbies Tour to the Lewis and Harris Islands. The islands appeared a little too far to self drive. Rabbis do small group tours to more out of the way places. The cost does not include food and accommodation so you can stay at the cheapest places! We met our group and driver at Inverness bus station and set off pretty smartly for Ullapool where the ferry leaves from. 10 in the group. One couple, rest singles and travelling companions.   Went on the ferry as foot passengers while our driver waited in line with the van.

Much bigger ferry than anticipated. Two hour ride with lovely views and hardly any swell, which rather goes against my ideas if the Hebrides. But the cables attaching the chairs to the floor was a sign,

We arrived in Stornaway and after a quick visit to the museum set off exploring

Next – First day of tour of Lewis and Harris Islands

Today we drove to the north coast of Cornwall to an area with exposed paths, wind and some exciting stones. Plenty tin mining in this area

Today we walked along an exposed path with lots of signs of mining. Wonderful views and impressive historic architect features

Next – Last day of walking in Cornwall

The rock is big and steep, Ashara had a slight idea about steps….. So we set off to the cable car station, thinking about long queues etc.  No problem, no queue and straight into the little car.  It was a beautiful morning and a great day.

The ride up was scary with great views of Europe and Africa.

Once on top we walked on roads, paths, steps and rocks.  We bought a ticket that included the cable car and the nature reserve which meant we could go anywhere and nearly everywhere on one ticket.

Having wandered all over the place, up and down, in and out, the weather deteriated.  There was thunder and lightning, hmmm – cable car down in the lightning – we are not sure about this.  Had a coffee at the top cable station and waited.  Eventually was provided with a ticket for a bus down.  

This was an adventure – bus could not get around the corners and had to reverse – all a bit scary with the terrible drops !

Next – Gibraltar apes

I don’t think Gibraltar is part of the EU, being part of UK ??  Well they do use pounds but drive on the wrong side of the road.

Train, bus, walk across border, taxi and we are there.  Gibraltar is very VERY busy, massive numbers of motors bikes, cycles and electric scooters.  Lots of new expensive apartment blocks going up.  I have no idea what is going on with the economic development.  I gather that bunkering, on-line gambling and some thing else are the main sources of income