March 2009

Almost nothing to report from earlier this year apart from the ongoing sage of rewiring Servants' Quarters and us otherwise trying to settle in said locale.

Bruce's 43rd birthday – the West Highland Line beckoned.

Here's the route:

distance station time
0·0 km Glasgow Queen Street 12:21
16·1 km Dalmuir 12:38
26·6 km Dumbarton Central 12:48
41·0 km Helensburgh Upper 13:03
51·9 km Garelochhead 13:16
69·2 km Arrochar and Tarbe 13:36
82·1 km Ardlui 13:50
96·2 km Crianlarich 14:09
103·8 km Upper Tyndrum 14:30
116·3 km Bridge of Orchy 14:45
141·2 km Rannoch 15:07
152·9 km Corrour 15:20
169·0 km Tulloch 15:35
178·2 km Roy Bridge 15:46
183·5 km Spean Bridge 15:52
197·5 km Fort William 16:06
     
197·5 km Fort William 12:12
201·2 km Banavie 12:16
202·8 km Corpach 12:21
207·6 km Loch Eil Outward Bound 12:26
213·6 km Locheilside (Stops on request) 12:31
224·1 km Glenfinnan 12:40
239·0 km Lochailort (Stops on request) 12:54
246·6 km Beasdale (Stops on request) 13:03
252·3 km Arisaig 13:12
259·5 km Morar 13:26
264·3 km Mallaig 13:37

Queen Street Station
fascinatiing engineering geometry

testing the camera

It even crops edges...

...and takes photos of adverts.

12.37, so between Dalmuir
and Dumbarton?

12.37, so between Dalmuir
and Dumbarton?

12.41, so between Dalmuir
and Dumbarton?

(movie)

12.43, so between Dalmuir
and Dumbarton?

(movie)

12.47, so between Dalmuir
and Dumbarton?

12.47, so between Dalmuir
and Dumbarton?

12.47, so between Dalmuir
and Dumbarton?

12.48, so between Dalmuir
and Dumbarton?

12.49

12.49

13.56, so between Ardlui
and Crianlarich?

13.56, so between Ardlui
and Crianlarich?

view west from our room

view southwest from our room

view west from our room

view northwest from our room

view north west from our room

Fort William Station 1

Fort William Station 2

Elly goes north

Closer to Elly going north

Heading north through the
putrified forest (movie)

Glenfinnan viaduct
(movie)

Glenfinnan station

view from Mallaig 1

church in Mallaig

all about the West Highland Line

Mallaig Station

Other March bits

Elly babysitting

Pete tried to put the Leck-ites on a diet

Would this have worked for you?

Marianne visited

Along Edinburgh's canal

14:50

14:50

14:50

15:16

15:16

15:21

15:21

15:21

15:21

15:26

15:39

15:39

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