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Tuesday 23 March 2004, through the Grampian Mountains to Huntly
Scotland 2004 - part VIII
Elisabeth & Teije2006-07-23 18:14:20
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It takes a few hours before we can say goodbye to Iain and Cathy. Every year it is hard to go away from this warm and welcoming place and these good friends. At last we leave the village honking loudly. To be honest: we have no idea where we are going. We watched the weather forecast to see if we can better go to the west or the east coast but the east seems to be a bit drier and sunnier. So the magnificient Applecross peninsula has to wait a bit for our next visit. When we take a turn at Carrbridge into the direction of Speybridge we see that on the Grampian Mountains has fallen much more snow in the last few days.
The roads bring us up and up into the mountains until we reach the Lecht ski area. The chairlift still runs and when we get out to take a pucture of it, snow and hail starts to fall. There is a firm wind and it hurts in our faces. Quicly we get inside the car.
When we drive on the road has become extremely slippery. In fact, we don't know if we have to wait or to gon on, but we are going down already and we can't stop anymore. The road has an inclination of 20 degrees and it sure looks very steep. Fortunately it is also very broad and has a few bumps. We have the car in second gear and the handbrakes on.
We can't remember much of the next minutes, maybe that is only good. At the end of the long straight road we are doing 70 kilometers an hour with a whistling engine. An upgoing hill slows us down a bit just before the next sharp turn and we have to open the windows to get rid of all the sweat that covers the 2windows, with the blower on maximum strength. When we finally come to a stop we see two cars appearing from behind and we have to speed up again. After a few minutes the weather looks nice again and the road is dry and clean as if it never has been differently. It has been a very exciting adventure but we don't want to do it again!
At the first opportunity to stop at a parking place we take
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