"The Ends of the Earth"This is the vacation that almost didn't happen, but it did, and it was AWESOME. My darling Viking got sick last week, and neither of us got much sleep on Friday night, the night before we were supposed to go away on vacation. Might I add that this is the first actual vacation I have taken from work since I started this job - not counting Christmas break, which everyone gets off, nor research trips, which are not vacations, but just working in foreign locations. I actually requested vacation days - first time ever. So I was really looking forward to this, and I really needed this vacation...
We woke up late on Saturday and had a long talk about whether to go or not - if it would be worth it if one of us was sick, if we couldn't sleep, etc. We decided to cut the trip short - instead of going away for five days, we went for three. We set off around 1pm on Saturday, and by around 9PM we had reached the furthest point possible to travel to on the UK mainland - John o'Groats. We had literally drive to the ends of the earth! We arrived at the hotel - which was essentially a woman's farmhouse - settled in, and then drove to the very endpoint of the land there to watch the sunset. It was an amazingly gorgeous sunset - pictures of that will follow on facebook. When I was a teenager, I used to dream about walking on the beach hand in hand with a man that I loved, watching the sunset together. My dream had come true! There we were - me, my man, the beach, and the most gorgeous sunset - Bliss!
This is a picture of the last house in Scotland, a reflection of the sunset, and a Viking in the distance.
PS This 'sunset' occurred at about 11PM!!!
Oh My. I love how this photo makes me feel. And that was BEFORE I read the words! A picture is worth a thousand words, as they say. Oh My.
ReplyDeleteOk, a few things - I love the angle. LOVE IT. I love the fact that your PAD was the end of the day, marking the end of the day as well as the end of the "earth"!! In contrast to your teapot photo, which reminded me how awesome Matt is with your photography ... this is another reminder that he is amazing, because you two clearly can do your own things together. That is SO important to me in a relationship.
I am not sure what I want more - to come to Scotland or to spend time getting to know Matt. Hopefully I can do both at the same time :)
I've been reading Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series and this post reminded me of the World's End pub in Edinburgh.
ReplyDeleteAh, I wish I were rich and able to travel at will.
Thanks, Lor! I hadn't even noticed the end of the day/end of the earth thing! Cool!
ReplyDeleteI also hadn't noticed it, but we do tend to do our own thing when we come to tourist sites like this. I agree, it is good.
And I hope that you can do both, as well!!! =)
Paul, I hadn't heard of that place, but it sounds cool. I also wish I were rich! This year I'm doing staycations...all local trips around Scotland!