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I\u2019m literally out in the middle of nowhere!!! My only guide back to \u2018civilization\u2019 through this boggy<\/em> heather moor is a meandering burn. I could keep going for ever, but there were no maps available and I don\u2019t want to get too<\/em> lost\u00a0! I guess that if I continue to follow the burn I\u2019ll be fine, though. It took me a full two hours to get here. Luckily, home (not so creepy after all, amazing what a \u00bd pint of Guiness can do!) is downhill all the way!<\/p>\n I saw two deer running through the glen!!!<\/p>\n 1:42 pm<\/p>\n I\u2019m back at creepy city. It\u2019s raining and rain is becoming a natural (and daily) part of life. All morning, it was pitter-pattering, so I just wore my funky blue hat. At one point, I went to put it on and realised I\u2019d dropped it somewhere out on the moor\u00a0! Luckily, I was able to sort of retrace my steps and find it. I must admit that this area isn\u2019t too bonnie.<\/p>\n Tomorrow, most things should be open, so I\u2019d like to take a bus into the more remote parts of the island. The oddest thing is we\u2019re right on the shore of the Atlantic, real<\/em> sea, but we can\u2019t smell it. In a way, I guess that\u2019s a good thing. The wonderful aroma of dried seaweed, dead and living fish, and salt water makes me nostalgic and restless.<\/p>\n There are inexpensive cruises advertised. That might be fun. It\u2019s unbelievable that a little place like this, at the edge of the world (or so it seems) has the most expensive toll bridge in the world<\/u><\/em>. We\u2019re talking \u00a35.60 for a car, \u00a340 for a bus, and a whole range of other ridiculous tolls for every type of motor vehicle imaginable! Let\u2019s just say that peeved the locals off just a little; they didn\u2019t get any concessions until only a little while back. When the ferry ran, the locals could cross free. Now, they have to pay a toll\u2014both ways<\/em>. Blech. I can just imagine them loading themselves into cars, really cramming themselves in, in order to go grocery shopping, splitting the toll amongst each other!<\/p>\n Looks like the weather\u2019s clearing up a tad. I think I\u2019ll read a chapter and go back out for a stroll. Not that there\u2019s much strolling to do here! I must admit it\u2019s a quaint little town, if a smidge dead. I guess that it\u2019s because the fishermen have to be up at 5… A.M. Yuck!<\/p>\n 7:15 pm.<\/p>\n What a stroll! I meant<\/em> to go back up to the castle but I got slightly, um, distracted. I decided to climb a peak. I got to the summit, saw another one and kept going up<\/em>! I ended up with a fantastic view of water and sailboats and eventually I ended up finding what I imagine used to be old crofts. There was only a pile of bricks and stone left, sometimes a perimeter into which encroaches heather and grass. Coming back down (eventually) I got what I deserved. I slipped. I didn\u2019t so much as bruise myself, but one pant leg got soaked through. I had to do laundry when I came back\u00a0! I might be going back to the pub tonight. One of the women who was there last night said she would be going and that she\u2019d save me a seat. Why not? I\u2019ll have to wash my tee-shirt anyway!<\/p>\n (I ended up going with two Canadian roomies. I had more fun than the night before!)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019m literally out in the middle of nowhere!!! My only guide back to \u2018civilization\u2019 through this boggy heather moor is a meandering burn. I could keep going for ever, but there were no maps available and I don\u2019t want to get too lost\u00a0! 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