After Durness and Faraid Head, we spent a couple days slowly making our way back down the west coast of Scotland.
hairy coos
Scottish Highlands: driving the northern west coast
If you look at a map of Scotland’s west coast, you’ll notice that it’s awfully jagged. One can’t exactly drive along it for any significant stretch; instead you just kind of drive near it, wherever the (often single-lane) road takes you.
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Eastern Scotland: Hairy coos! (and Banff)
One of my favorite parts of driving around the Scottish Highlands is hairy coo spotting. As you drive along, you’ll catch sight of a couple cows grazing in a pasture far up the road.