Gimme That Boom
It was time. The family sojourn up the cold and bitter north of Scotland. We tried to do it every year to toughen the kids up.
There is nothing like getting forced to swim in the frigid waters of the northern Atlantic ocean whilst your parents throw stones at you if you surface too often to give you a bit of spine.
As usual, the icy wastes of northern Scotland provided scant entertainment as we drove.
Hills and mountains conspired to look like Hulk boobs to make us think that we were away on a jolly and not a brutal endurance test.
We stopped at Loch Lomond so we could rob some tourists to fund our expedition.
Regretfully, a child made the foolish mistake of going in the water.
The giant leeches made short work of him.
The cries of the leech ridden child and the incessant quacking of the ducks were grinding my gears, so we hopped back in the car and continued on.
We passed through many a quaint village but as ever the squint eyed locals clutching their testicles ensured we didn't stay long.
Finally, sanctuary. We arrive in Malaig. The kids went off to hunt and eat crabs.
I found a good spot to settle down in and got out my vital supplies whilst the kids started a fire for the wretched crabs.
Ah yes, this will do...
Cheers!
Ahhh, 'twas all going so well until we reached the end.....
Record temps up there I read? Stunning in all weathers. We're tripping home in August and Scotland's been banned this year :-(
Fucking Torquay it is then.....who am I but the driver.
Hope you and the family have an amazing time and the midges all get their wings burnt off by the sun catching them by surprise!
It was 28 degrees yesterday, in Scotland. I thought I was going to faint. Thankfully I got most of the driving out of the way by midday .
Weirdly enough, there has been an odd lack of midgies. Obviously I will be speaking too soon and will get savaged later 🤣🤣
That's a shame about Scotland, still Torquay is nice!
Bloody legit!
The photos...un-Scottish weather!
I don't feel at all sorry for those tourists you robbed, their fault for being their in the first place.
I love them tourists and all their stinking money! 😀😀
We have lucked out so far, it's boiling!
28 is legit for you folks, probably bordering on too hot. But thanks to those tourists and their money, bastards deserve to be fleeced. Long live tourists to rob!
They are a valuable addition to the holiday funds.
Like apple's on a tree waiting to be plucked!
They're rich anyway, otherwise they wouldn't be there. You're like the Scottish Robin Hood. McRobin.
They have made traveling a rich man's affair, everything is geared at fleecing them!
Indeed, having to come from Australia where our money is worth almost half the value in Europe/USA/UK...it gets very costly.
That would suck. It's like killing the golden goose, I do hate the fact they do it
Those hills and mountains are stunning, you got me smiling a lot, and that is true, it so playful and entertaining, to swim and someone throw stones at us. More playful, when it is done by our parents. I think the person in the water will be force to become a very good swimmer.
Haha, a true sink or swim!!
It is very lovely, the throwing of the stones 😀😀
But wait....where is the rain in all of this? This is scotland, they promise rain!
I was almost disappointed myself!! 🤣🤣
Those are some great pictures boomy!
Well someday, I got to get myself there. One of my advisors did his PhD work on the Moine Thrust Belt of the Scottish Highlands and I still remember the stories of rain, cold, wind and yes leeches! I need to experience it someday.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moine_Thrust_Belt
PS. I can't wait but get you this reference
https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/full/10.1144/SP541-2022-299
This is because the paper is mostly history as opposed to geology and it has some fun pictures like this one!
That's the way real Scotsmen took selfies back in those days :) I thought you might enjoy this.
PPS: Loch Lomond is Captain Haddock's favorite whiskey, for the record!
Haha, that's blumming awesome. Often when I see the rocks and various formations up here I think you would have a field day!
The leeches always surprise everyone. People think it's just midges that are the devil to watch out for! 🤣
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You're nekid, boomy!
Haha, the clothes just fly off in the sun!! 🤣🤣
Hunting and eating fresh crab sounds amazing. Hopefully you don't pick up any leeches in the process. Enjoy your trip. Looks like a great spot 👌
Hehe, we are all leech free. We got two big uns but we let em go as everyone is a woos 😀😀
Good to hear. Leeches are great bait for fishing, if you do any of that up there
I can imagine they works be ama I would love to but the kids wouldn't be having that kind of letting me alone me time!! 😀😀
I see. I liked fishing as a kid but I'm sure not every kid would nowadays. This was before the invention of iPad and phones and easily accessible electronic games. Fishing probably isn't as appealing to young ones anymore
I don't see it being appealing at all now to the youngsters. There is to much alone time with their own thoughts in it!
Haha that's true 😂
Love that shot at the end - recharged and on top gear to rock on:) Did you went inside the water ?
I didn't yesterday but I just have today and hells bells it is brisk!!!
Loving the view you've taken and what's the thing that distracting is the last photo is a CHEERS ahaha
Hehe that last photo was meant to be the thumbnail but hive.blog got confused! 😀
I hope you are getting this amazing weather up there. Even I was in the water yesterday! Can't go wrong with a Beavertown beer either! Cheers and enjoy the rest of your holiday.
It's been stinking. Came wow believe how good it is. Veggie E left I was getting all antsy because the weather was too be so good back home but thankfully it seems to be getting up this bit of Scotland too! Beers in the sun! Woohoo!
That's great to hear, I did see Aviemore hit 32! Cooling next week though.
Wow, that is insane for Scotland. I am still off next week, how it fades out slowly and doesn't immediately turn to rain!
The views of the nature are spectacular!
I hope you enjoyed your beer😎. Haven’t seen that one yet!
Cheers!
It was a very pleasant beer! I had more!
Hahaha that doesn't sound inviting for me me for a trip there 😂
The ducks are carnivore expecially for human meat right?
There is none so terrifying than the flesh eating duck!!
Hehe, nah. They are harmless but boy do they make a racket!!
Ah... a proper vacation.
It's 28 and you have your shirt off??? Did I read that correctly and if true, is it possible because of all the canned anti-freeze you were consuming??
So you are teaching the kids to be pick-pockets early. Very good! It is always easier to learn things when you are young.
I've only heard of Loch Lomond in a song and it didn't say anything about all the leeches. Ewwww....LOL....
Beautiful photos for real.
Hehe, 28°c!!! That's like the hottest Scotland ever gets. Although we are a hardy bunch, we get poor tops off when it goes 17°!!
Lock Lomond is very nice, it was just a stop onto the greater things up north. I am very happy and chilled right now!!
Oh !! ha ha .... silly American ! I was thinking, dang! ... that was pretty hardy to be out and about half nakey in the cold.... and still smiling to boot!
Ding Dong ! Wake up Jacey!
I am totally feeble for a Scottish. I insist on at least twenty before I get the taps aff 😀😀
Those photos looks very unique and with your family also, it kind of feel better, right? Thanks for sharing that to us.
It's always better with the family! 🙂
Awesome pictures! I really missed your humor, and I'm glad to see you're having a blast over there. Is the last picture maybe you impersonating the squint eyed locals? Have a great one, cheers!
It could be that, I was three beers in by then!
I should be back at the writing in no time!! 😀😀
Looking forward to it!😁
Greetings @meesterboom ,
What a lovely, stunning, picturesque post....Thank you so much!
At least they look cool....sorry to hear it is still so warm.
Envy does not look good on anybody....so I will try not to be envious much. ^__^
Appreciate the introduction to such a beautiful place....the fare sounds lovely as well.
Kindest Regards to you and your good lady.
Bleujay
Hola milady!!
It final destination is a place to be envious of! It is awesome not hearing traffic or anything else. Just the sea and the gulls!
Where is the promised stone throwing..? I was hoping to see a bloody child..
It's hard to hold the phone steady and throw them. Ruins your aim no end! 😀😀
Have the missus help.. either hold the camera or throw the rocks.. this is a family vacation..
You know the ladies, it's always for to be on their terms!! 😀😀
Omg!! We get a photo!!! It must be the heat doing weird things to our minds
The heat messes people up!! We are all going cray cray up here!! 🤣🤣
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Awesome!! Looks like a fun trip and great pictures!! Meanwhile I am in 110Fish heat and enjoying a swimming pool that is around 88F haha. I don't go in the pool until it is at least 80! haha.
I am usually the same with water but the blooming family bully me into the so called wild swimming which is really just a fancy way of saying cold swimming. It's murder!
lol yes it is murder. And people that purposely do it as cold plunges are crazy! I don't care if it adds a few years to my life. No thanks! lol
hahaha,Your vital supplies are NOT that vital, you should have an energy drink or something similar hahaha, I really don't see you drinking anything like that.
When you mentioned trying to steal from others for the trip, I imagined the scene hahaha, the point is that with children it is NOT very easy to do this.
Rest, drink little, well, drink as much as you want hahaha.
I wish you a happy Sunday
This is my energy drink!! Haha, Cheers mate!🙂🙂
I'm planning on taking a trip with my brother to England within the next few years, when we do I definitely want to include Northern Scotland. I can't even imagine how cold those waters are. Cheers and good to see you posting again!
I would definitely recommend the western coast and isles. It's all quite Instagram perfect!! If you get the weather, even then it's good if not!
Getting away in style, west coast hitting the right spot obviously. Nice beaches for the young ones, plenty rock pools to get crabbing.
Enjoy the stay, it looks amazing!
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Nice beaches, plenty of rock pools and plenty of... Shhhhh... Whisky!! 😀😀
Whisky on the rocks sounds good too....
I can't argue with that!! 😀😀
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Boomy on holiday! That would make a great movie 😃 So by the looks of your pictures, all of the down-talking on Scottish weather was just a ruse to keep the tourists out of the country?
The pictures are gorgeous having the blues I love, with views of nature that I crave, and a distinct lack of humans, which is the biggest draw of all. Throw in that handsome hunk of toasted Scottish Shortbread at the end and it looks like pure bliss!
I like your spine building techniques for the kids
Hehe, Scottish shortbread indeed! 😀😀
It is amazingly clear of humans apart from the van-lifers who like to come up and light a fire on the beach so they can post it to the socials. Then they get in their van and fuck off!
I do like to downplay the weather and mostly it loves up to it's shitness but just occasionally in summer it can be grand!
Enjoy your time and for pete's sake...stay clear of the leeches😂, the two legged as well as the legless 👀
Those pictures looks beautiful, it Seems you enjoyed a lot with the family.
Stay happy and blessed.
Oh my goodness 😂 What a “family” trip so... particular! I don't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for that little boy - thanks for sharing this gem of a story!
I've got a lot of Scotland still to explore. I know there are actually some decent beaches. My sister's kids have grown up there, so they are pretty tough and will get in the water.
Have fun!
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It's not much of an insult. I could call you a flattop, but we're not 8 years old 😁
Have you read any Terry Pratchett? You might enjoy it.
I have owned a Fiat. How did you know?
Wishing you health and happiness.
Are you sure it was "Hello"? If you asked him if he's interested in LasseCash or some other crypto scam I am sure what he actually said was "HELL NO!"
Fantastic photos!
Thank you!
BOM BOM, did you make money from being ANON on HIVE???
Sometimes it seems like even you don't know what you are saying? 😀
Wow.. some beauty landscapes! What's this about parents throwing stones?? that's a bit much, me thinks.. :P
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We don't really but surely it would help build grit! 🤣🤣
Traveling through mountainous areas is always memorable and beautiful. Whether we go with friends or family, beautiful memories always remain with us and these views are such that we miss them a lot later.
It is one of the few drives that I actually like!
That's good.
Ah yes, character-building at its finest — nothing like a bit of hypothermia and well-aimed pebbles to toughen the spirit.
The key to every success story! 😀
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STOPIt looks like a perfect day for a drive around the countryside. I don't think I have seen many photos of Scotland with such clear skies. I wonder, are leeches common in all of the lakes in Scotland or was the child just unlucky? Hope you enjoyed your beer, I find they always taste a bit better next to the sea. Cheers!
I don't know if they are in all of them but they are in a few. It always surprises people because they are too obsessed with our other national predator - the midge 😀😀
I had to look up what a midge was, but now I can understand why people might be distracted by those. I used to go on summer roadtrips to Lake Superior in the US, there were flies there that would often bite. Not fun to deal with ...or camp near haha
I have to douse myself in repellent each day as they can be so many of them! I hate any biting beast
Nothing will toughen up a body like a few leaches in ones nethers!
Truly that's what maketh the man! 🤣🤣
Congratulations to the whole family for that wonderful family walk and that good supply of Californian craft beer yeayyyy... accompanied by delicious fish, and smoked herring in that fishing port. I wish you life, health and joy to enjoy these well-deserved rest...cheers, from the Venezuelan Caribbean. Enjoy!!!
A big cheers to you too missy! 🙂🙂
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Looks like a nice getaway, nothing but clear skies.
The clear skies are a rare thing so we are quite chuffed!!