Travel in Scotland

[reviews_and_ramblings]

Before some of you ask: yes, I took this pictures; yes, they are real, not retouched, I use an old reflex Nikon Camera (1971) and a good photographic film (400 ASA).

Ask if you want to kno what place they are: I have travelled all around Scotland, and it's beautiful!







Original page:

http://www.cafeaulivre.it/scotland.htm

Comments

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

These are very pretty (love Scotland!) but they're huge pictures and you might want to put them behind a cut for the dial up people?

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Better?

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

Will you hate me if I say yes, but they still need cutting? ::looks apologetic:: They're smaller but they're still uncut; photos, no matter what of, are usually put behind a cut for dial up people and to give people a choice about seeing them.

You put *lj-cut text="photo"> at the start of the section (or whatever description you want) with the coding for the image and */lj-cut> at the end, replacing * with

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Do you joke? I love to learn something new... I'm wondering how "this cut things" works, and know here is the answer. thank you very much. Now is better? I also reduce the images but left the link to the original page.

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

That looks perfect! I can't tell you how long it took me to get the hang of a cut tag; I just couldn't do it at all.

Thank you ::hugs::

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

thanks to you. I love to share my things, but only if this is not a problem for my friends...

[jourdanlane.livejournal.com]

Oh! Those are beautiful pictures! Scotland is a place that tugs at my heart and someday I hope to be able to visit there.

The castle in the very first pic is one of my most favorites. It's absolutely beautiful and the location gives it a serene atmosphere :)

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

The Eilean Donan Castle is used many times for romance's cover... It's a little tiny castle, beautiful setted. And it is a private property you can visit, but hold by the same clan who held it in the past. Fantastic! ciao, elisa

[jourdanlane.livejournal.com]

It was on my list of possible castles to use for settings for the novella I'm writing now, but it just didn't fit in the way I had hoped.

I have a live-cam bookmarked on it. It's very eerie in the mornings just before the sun comes up :)

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

What type of Castle do you want? I have visit many castle in Scotland, staied here a months and travelled all around... ciao, elisa

[jourdanlane.livejournal.com]

I'm looking for something roughly about the size of Dunvegan, but I'm not quite sure that Dunvegan is "right". It just doesn't jump out at me as "the one".

I can't find the picture that initially gave me the atmospheric inspiration, but when I find it, I'll post it on my LJ. But what I'm looking for?

Let's see...

* something that's heavily wooded
* not easily accessible
* Highland area
* loch location would be nice
* I'm not a big fan of the "newer architecture" of some of these castles (that makes them seem more of a mansion)

In the story, the castle will be nicknamed something else, and I'm currently researching for the Gaelic meaning of a few words.

*chuckles* And now I'll stop hijacking your post...

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Something like this

http://www.cafeaulivre.it/imm0032.JPG

I don't remember the name, but it's near Glencoe and at home I have the journal of my travel, so I can control. When I visited it, it was under restoration, as you can see...

[jourdanlane.livejournal.com]

Yes! Kilchurn Castle :D

Just curious... Did they allow you onto the premises or were you only allowed to see it from a distance? I know they've had some issues with gates being locked and cordoned off by the railway, but not sure if that's been opened back up or not.

I'm going to do a little more research to see how it works. Thank you!!!

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

No. I can only see by distance. It was closed for restoration. Now maybe will be open, I went in Scotland two years ago. ciao, elisa

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

and I forgot: you can hijack my post every time you want!!! elisa