OT - Our holiday weekend

Sometimes back I saw that the word "marilyn" als means a hill or mountain
and thought someone must have been chuckling when they renamed
Norma Jean as Marilyn Monroe. Then I just rechecked that def. and found
this at Wikipedia:-------
Marilyn is a type of mountain or hill in Great Britain, Ireland or
surrounding islands with a relative height of at least 150 metres (492 ft),
regardless of absolute height or other merit. The name was coined as an
ironic contrast to the designation Munro, used of a Scottish mountain with a
height of more than 3,000 feet (910 m), which is homophonous with (Marilyn)
Monroe.

"Taria" wrote in message
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I had to nose around for 'munro' and found this:
It should be noted that any Scottish mountain over 3000 feet is known as
a "munro," and individuals who climb several (or all) of Scotland's 284
munros are said to "bag" munros.

Sounds like a great time Jo. Glad you got out and had such fun!
Taria

Patti wrote:
Congratulations on your first Munro, Jo!
Good for you. I got to the top of Cairngorm, but that's all!
Sounds like a great day.
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, Jo
in Scotland writes

Hello folks,

Photos are to be uploaded from our holiday weekend, but here is some
information:
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.u.../schiehallion/
We stayed in a Victorian hotel in Kinloch Rannoch, and climbed
Schiehallion "Fairy Hill of the Caledonians" on Saturday. It took us
3 1/2 hours to get up there and 2 1/2 hours to get down. Others were
faster, but I have weak ankles, and half of the walk is rubble.
Unstable rubble. However, you do get magnificent views from 3,554
feet up and we could see Loch Rannoch and Loch Tummel as well as loads
of mountains and forests. It was nice to have a good meal and jacuzzi
waiting at the end of it! And we slept like stones that night.
That's my first Munro out of the way. Only 282 left to go!



-- Jo in Scotland

thanks for sharing your photos Jo. Brought back memories of several years
ago when the kids were wee and we went and stayed in Tummel Valley at a
caravan park there. The views are breathtakingly magnificient!!
Elly up in Thurso

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"Jo in Scotland" wrote in message
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Hello folks!

Just created an album to share a few photos with you:
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/564175498NaYLPw

Enjoy!


-- Jo in Scotland

Hi Jo

What a wonderful day! The pictures are great! Is that Heather you are
lying in? Wow, so many views from the top. Glad you had fun, and many more
"munros" to you both.!!

Woodysgirl


"Elly D" wrote in message
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thanks for sharing your photos Jo. Brought back memories of several years
ago when the kids were wee and we went and stayed in Tummel Valley at a
caravan park there. The views are breathtakingly magnificient!!
Elly up in Thurso

--
http://community.webshots.com/user/b...host=community
http://ellydspatchwork.blogspot.com


"Jo in Scotland" wrote in message
...
Hello folks!

Just created an album to share a few photos with you:
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/564175498NaYLPw

Enjoy!


-- Jo in Scotland

great pictures!! the scenery is beautiful. i always wanted to see the
"real" Scotland! you look great too!!! relaxed. glad it was a fun
weekend.

amy in CNY

I forget sometimes how gorgeous Scotland is... I wanna go
back...WAAhhhhhhh... ;-)
Thanks so much for the pics, Jo. Your trip looks like fun, exhausting, but
fun!
--
Debi

Education is when you read the instructions. Experience is what you get when
you don't.

"Jo in Scotland" wrote in message
...
Hello folks!

Just created an album to share a few photos with you:
http://good-times.webshots.com/album/564175498NaYLPw

Enjoy!


-- Jo in Scotland