A visual poem.
Northwest Highlands of Scotland. August 2018.
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Chocolate. #TheBestHotChocolate.
Northwest Highlands of Scotland. August 18, 2018. Blog post.
I am Swiss. From Switzerland. 😉
I know that was done twice, and seriously – I am Swiss – do you really want to teach me about good chocolate? Or even about #TheBestHotChocolate 😉 – you know, Switzerland is one of those leading chocolate nations in the world … ?
This blog post answers the question, if a Swiss chocolate lover can survive more than 10 days in Scotland.
Where Time stands still
Garvault House – “Mainland Britain’s Most Remote Hotel” – considering that my day started at 2 a.m. (!) driving from Ehrendingen (near Zurich) to Basel Mulhouse EuroAirport – from there flying to Edinburgh, where I picked up my rental car after my arrival – it was still before 6 a.m., even before breakfast time (!) – then starting to the long drive from Edinburgh to the North, passing Inverness following the A9 road (Scotland), then following the North Eastern coast of Ross-shire and Sutherland, and finally the slowing down on the almost endless and narrow roads (A897 and B871) across the remote backcountry of the Scottish Highlands – well – considering this never ending journey – the Garvault House certainly is “Mainland Britain’s Most Remote Hotel”. Not only Britain’s … in my opinion 😉
Looking for the Wulver
I’ve heard a lot of the famous Wulver (Sea-Wolf) living in the Scottish Highlands. “Wolfburn’s (remark: a whisky distillery in Thurso) motif depicts a creature found in both Scots and Norse mythology. According to ancient lore, the sea-wolf ‘did liveth both on sea and land.’ Walking on water is not its only gift: the sea-wolf also brings good luck to all those fortunate enough to see it.” (Source: Wolfburn whisky distillery in Thurso, ‘the most northerly whisky distillery on the Scottish mainland’).
Does this old famous creature really exist?
I wanted to find out and travelled to the Northwest Highlands of Scotland.