(Typical Highland picture of castle ruins and a few visitors) There is a Scottish saying, that Scotland has two seasons, June and winter. We visited the highlands in September for a month and found the weather added mystique to the lonesome places we visited. We were prepared for cold weather and infrequent rain, but the low clouds hovering over mountain ranges and driving through areas where 1.9 person lived within a square mile on roads that were narrow and winding, added a sense of forlornness to the trip. (Our commodore suite for the overnight ferry to New Castle UK) (IJmuiden our departure Harbor not too far from Amsterdam) Let’s start at the beginning: Sept 5, a taxi dropped us off in the Dutch harbor of IJmuiden, where we boarded the ferry to Newcastle upon Tyne, an overnight affair in a spacious cabin with reservations for dinner away from the buffet elsewhere, where most passengers seem to flock. Next morning we found our car rental agency downtown and started our first day
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