Purple Rain

Kinlochbervie

Northwest Highlands of Scotland. August 18, 2018. Photoessay.

From Balnakeil Bay to Kinlochbervie, Northwest Highlands of Scotland
© 2018 HERE, OGL. A: Balnakeil Bay; B: Kinlochbervie.

Starting after #TheBestHotChocolate at Balnakeil Bay in the rain, I turned to the South along Kyle of Durness and ended up with Prince’ Purple Rain at Kinlochbervie harbour.

Enjoying Prince’ Purple Rain. In the Rain.

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Chocolate. #TheBestHotChocolate.

'My' #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.

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Looking for the Wulver

sea-wolf, Wolfburn

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.

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