29th June - Glencoe

Today is my last time to travel with Peter (The Host of Backpacker)

Glencoe is a famous sking place in west scotland, well, in winter time

 

 

 

We set out with 3 cars and 1 is missing with wrong turn before the Glencoe

That cause this guys turn out late

 

My only training shoes has been washed and yet dry off (thanks to the Viking Festival >.<)

Therefore I went up the mountain by snow boot

Which is really bad for hiking I know

 

The Devil's Staircase in Glencoe is really devil indeed

I can't reach the top with my boots and decided to come down rather then struggled to go up

Time is run out, they have been on the top more than 10 mins, is useless for me to reach the top when everyone is on their way downhill   T.T

 

Peter and me is the last 2 climbers out of all

At least, I do have some good photo with me, don't you think so?

By the way, Peter lie to me, he said there's no midgets in Glencoe and I just proof it was a wrong statement, I did get lot of bite by midgets

From the way back to Oban, Peter said we can have a stop for the castle, the famous Eilean Donan Castle

 

 

This photo taken by friend of mine from Spain (Alex)

I believe is somehow after effect but can't denied it's look good ^.*

27th June 2014 - Inverary + Backpacker's BBQ

Leaving Tarbert with bus and transit in Inverary at morning

 

Tarbert's Bus Station at 7am

Church and the clock tower behind me

Again, I passby the unknow castle... from my way back to Oban from South

 

The Inverary Castle

Unfortunately it's only open at 10am, and my bus will arrived at 10.15am >.<

 

When I return to the backpacker, guys telling me there's BBQ at the evening

Organised by Nick (US man with Scotland spirit) with 2 pound from every participant

I like BBQin cold weather country

   

France gang + a Malaysian

 

Mathilde, a beautiful English-France yound girl ^.*

 

I found this souce is one of my favorite dressing for salad ^o^

24th - 26th June - Viking Festival

Today is the date I set out to Tarbert for the Viking Festival

I done my duty at morning shift, set out at evening ^.*

Before that, I realised my return bus ticket is a day earlier of my actual date

As the ticket conductor has told me once the ticket is sold, then I can never change the date anymore

I really don't feel like to buy another new ticket on top of that

Therefore, I would like to try my luck with the sympathetic of Scottish

Finally, the beautiful kind lady did help me to exchange the date, and I don't mind she nag on my fault ^o^

Rush for the bus on evening

Finally catch my breath when I get my seat in the bus... sigh... why I have to do this everytime

 

On my way to Tarbert, there's loch view all the way, gorgeous!

Here I arrived! Tarbert Harbor!

 

All the volunteers and ship owners are here~

We have a nice time for dinner

There's 11 archers from North Ireland volunteer for this festival

The rest of them are ship's owner in Scotland

 

Night time 11pm - Tarbert Harbor

 

Morning 8am - Tarbert Harbor

 

 Get a Viking make up in the early morning

  

 

 

 

 

Ready to attack the village!! We are now sail up on Loch Fyne

In fact is, there's pretty cold there... We might have problem on even landing, I doubt on the attack action =.=

 

Free beer and food rewarded after we had 'invaded' the bar ^o^

But I'm satisfied with just food and a warm water ^o^

 

Lovely Highland cows just right out of the bar in the open field area

 

26th June 2014 (Day after yesterday)

As a volunteer, I have no place to take my shower

Sleep in the control room on a chair

Freezing during the night

Just be a viking!!! 

 

Loch view is just stunning when under the sun shine

 

Meet the viking's dog!!!

 

There's ship paddling competition

1 of the ship is an old man who involved the volunteer on yesterday sailing from Tarbert to Loch Fyne

His ship won the competition eventually, viking power!!!

 

The Viking longship!!!Look out!!

 

Another town to invade - Ardsaigh

And also the place the Viking (mean us) get bully by another gang of little viking

 

Here we returned from Loch Fyne to Tarbert the next day

 

There's a Scot Pipe Player welcome us with the Pipe music

What is more important than to have a hot shower during a cold day?

It's really a good public shower in the harbor

With clear instruction and functionable heater

I feel myself like to sleep in there

 

Here you can see, we are only paddle for 45mins the max and we all went into the boat for tea as it will drag the longship to next destination (and we went into the longship again before we get close to the shore ^.* Viking play trick huh)

Don't be silly, we won't paddle all the way up to the loch and return ^o^

 

 

The longship is going to on shore for 2 days in Tarbert and it will sail again at 28th June, which I had return Oban >.<

Anyway, this 2 days sailing experience are good enough for me 

Not everyone can be a Viking, I realised