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England & Scotland Pt. 10: Edinburgh Castle

Another thing that makes Edinburgh so fantastic is the Castle. And the fudge on the way to the Castle, which I was stupid enough not to buy. But that’s a story for never.

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England & Scotland 2008 Pt. 9: Edinburgh at last!

Edinburgh was our last stop in Scotland. It was probably my favorite one.

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England & Scotland 2008 Pt. 8: From Skye to Inverness

After the Isle of Skye we decided that the best way to see most of Scotland was via train. So we booked it all the way around the northern tip, and stopped off in Inverness (unfortunately, we didn’t have time for the Loch itself).

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England & Scotland 2008 Pt. 7: Dunvegan Castle, Skye

After the castle ruins we weren’t quite castled out yet, so we went over to Dunveden, an infinitely more intact version. It had really beautiful grounds with tons of plants from all over the world. It also had a resident group of seals. We weren’t allowed to take pictures of the inside, so most of my pictures are of seals and flowers. I’m sure you don’t mind.

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England & Scotland 2008 Pt. 6: Isle of Skye Pt. 1

Finally we were at the Isle of Skye. We got into Mallaig and took a ferry over to Armadale, then a bus to Broadford where our hostel was. While we waited for the bus in Armadale we took a little hike around:
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England & Scotland Pt. 5: Glasgow to Skye

We were supposed to go to Loch Lomond, but the hostel filled up the day before. So we decided to stop for the night in Glasgow. I kind of hated Glasgow. With a passion. Took very few pictures.

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Digital Portrait Commission #1- On Golden Pond

Here’s Amy Pond, the first of the digital paint portraits I promised to people who helped me name my new webcomic (which, by the way, will end up being “So I’m the Alligator, Then?” Thanks Alan, for inspiring me). This one is for Cait (realityshmality), whose instructions were something like “surprise me.” Hope you’re surprised :)

England & Scotland Pt. 4: Keswick, Lake District

We spent two nights in Keswick. It was pretty glorious, and easily my favorite town of the whole trip. The Lakes are gorgeous and there was always plenty to do in town. It thrives on tourism, but isn’t cheapened by it.
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England & Scotland 2008, Pt. 3: Train to the Lakes

Probably about a third or more of our trip was spent on train, necessarily, because when you want to see Scotland in a hurry it’s really the best way. So a lot of my pictures were also taken out a train window. I was kind of impressed that they even turned out this well. These are of the leg from Settle, Yorkshire to Keswick in the Lake District, with a stop at Penrith along the way.

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England & Scotland 2008, Pt. 2: London and Yorkshire

So finally, here we are in England. Our first day we spent in London, and the next we headed out to Yorkshire. Little did we know what we were in for in the Dales…

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