Based in Fort Augustus, we did a couple of day trips. One of them was to Loch Affric, yet another lake surrounded by mountains, perfect for some picnic and hiking. 😉 Nice to have a “just nature” day after so many days driving and driving and driving.
And.roid.es es una de las páginas más veteranas de España dando noticias sobre el sistema operativo Android que es el que lleva mi móvil. Han organizado un concurso para celebrar su aniversario, y darse un poco de publicidad de paso, y con este post pretendo participar. A ver si me toca un HTC Magic negro, que creo que funcionan mejor que el blanco que tengo yo, jeje. 😉
Se vende coche con plaza de garaje
Hace unos días en uno de los restaurantes donde como con los compañeros del trabajo, me encontré este anuncio y todavía sigo pensando en qué consiste la oferta. ¿Es un 2 x 1: te vendo el coche y te regalo la plaza de garaje? ¿Es otro tipo de 2 x 1: te vendo la plaza de garaje y te llevas el coche? ¿Es una venta de un coche que está en una plaza de garaje y que ésta se alquilaría? ¿Tanto han bajado los bienes inmuebles que se regalan con los vehículos?
En fin, demasiadas preguntas para un simple cartel de venta… Igual si llamara al teléfono, me enteraría… Pero, ¿y lo divertido que es elucubrar? 🙂
And finally, we got to the most famous place in Scotland: the Loch Ness.
You all probably know the reason for that fame is Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster. In the end of 19th century, and early 20th century, many people declared having seen a monster in the lake, media covered that, more and more people saw the monster and finally one of them managed to take a picture of the monster…
Loch Ness Monster
That story has surpassed all borders in the world, and nowadays the area of this lake is one of the most touristic ones in Scotland and they should be thankful to Nessie for a great part of this. By the way, the photo was admitted to be a hoax in 1994 by one of the descendants of the photographer. It is a pity that reality ruins such a nice story. 🙂
This is the only monster we saw...
Anyway, we also established our base in Fort Augustus, in the south edge of the lake for a couple of days, as that location allowed us to do some trip days around that area. The lake itself is just another scottish lake (pretty big, though, as it is 40 km long), but it is aligned with a couple more lochs, which form a natural pass, which has been completed with the Caledonian Canal, allowing ships to sail from North Sea and Atlantic Ocean, without surrounding Great Britain.
Loch Ness at dusk
Urqhart Castle, next to the Loch Ness
