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Scotland May 09

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It has been a very busy few weeks and there is plenty to blog about. The first trip was off to Scotland for May Bank holiday. We had looked forward to this trip for months and we were not disappointed. The plan was to travel to Applecross and meet up with Kath, Helen and Sarah. We had arranged to borrow a couple of boats from The Venture Trust so that the three girls could have a paddle over the Bank holiday weekend. Neil and I would then go off on our travels around Raasay and The Inner Sound or over to Portree and Skye. However, the weather had other ideas. The first part of the plan went fine until we reached Fort William where a road accident blocked the A82 at Spean Bridge. This forced an overnight stop at Glen Nevis under the Big Ben and an early RV with the girls. The two new Banshees were easy to put up and we nick-named them the twins. Saturday morning we resumed our trip this time in convoy with Kath and stopped a few times on route to enjoy the views. There are two ways into