{"id":3762,"date":"2017-09-24T06:28:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T06:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?p=3762"},"modified":"2017-09-24T06:28:24","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T06:28:24","slug":"argentum-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?p=3762","title":{"rendered":"Argentum vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As is my wont, I looked up silver on Wikipedia and within three clicks happened upon the delightful phrase &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metals_of_antiquity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">metals of antiquity<\/a>&#8220;, which I think quite aptly describes a milestone wedding anniversary.\u00a0 The poking about further elicited the notion that metals are malleable, fusible and ductile; going over those terms in detail, l was struck by the last &#8211; within the metallurgy concept it means able to be pulled into a wire but it also comes from the Latin <em>ducere,<\/em> meaning to lead.\u00a0 Dad often told us that the word education meant to lead out.\u00a0 Now that&#8217;s off my chest, we may proceed.<\/p>\n<p>Wanders north took us to Invergarry, Ratagan, Glenelg, Plockton, Portree, Broadford, the Trotternish peninsula, Ardtornish, Glenfinnan, Lochaline and Tobermory.\u00a0 We had one boat trip (Sula Mhor, Plockton) and five ferry rides.\u00a0 Planned but eventually off the travel menu were journeys to St Kilda and Loch Coruisk.\u00a0\u00a0 This was not unexpected and only serves as a reason to return.\u00a0 The weather was in general, bad, occasionally awful and sometimes gorgeous.\u00a0 The wildlife kept itself hidden, as did the stars, although we did see a juvenile golden eagle from the living room window of our cottage on Skye. We saw changes, having not been to these parts from some five years, maybe more, but we also heard voices from long ago and in every way had a most enjoyable time.\u00a0 I have waaay too many photos to choose from so, as ever, an eclectic selection below.\u00a0 Bear in mind that in order to take the shot of the train we had to share a wee hump of a hill with 300 others &#8211;\u00a0 all shouting about a boy wizard going to school &#8230;.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3764\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3764\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3764\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3764\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9060223-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Red sandstone by Loch Duich<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3765\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3765\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3765\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3765\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9060234-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glenelg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3766\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3766\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3766\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3766\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3766 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9060254-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"Glenelg broch\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3766\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glenelg broch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3767\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3767\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3767\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3767\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9060281-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ferry at Kylerhea narrows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3768\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3768\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3768\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3768\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3768\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9060295-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3768\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loch Duich from Ratagan hostel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3769\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3769\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3769\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3769\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3769\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9070318-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3769\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salty Sam with Ratagan Bear<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3770\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3770\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3770\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3770\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3770 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9070329-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Eilean Donan castle\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eilean Donan castle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3771\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3771\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3771\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3771\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9070340-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beautiful Plockton in the rain<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3772\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3772\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3772\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3772 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9070365-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wet birds (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3773\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3773\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3773\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3773\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9070380-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Salty on the Sula Mhor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3774\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3774\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3774\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3774\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9090468-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Old Man of Storr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3775\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3775\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3775\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3775\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3775\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9090530-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from Achacroik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3776\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3776\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3776\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3776\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9120571-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Garden of Castle Cottage, Ardtornish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3777\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3777\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3777\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3777\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3777\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9130575-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glenfinnan and Loch Shiel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3778\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3778\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3778\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3778\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9130634-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jacobite train crossing Glenfinnan viaduct<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3779\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3779\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3779\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3779\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9140717-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ardtornish Castle, Kinlochaline<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3780\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/?attachment_id=3780\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3780\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3780\" src=\"http:\/\/banthewasp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P9140732-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tobermory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As is my wont, I looked up silver on Wikipedia and within three clicks happened upon the delightful phrase &#8220;metals of antiquity&#8220;, which I think quite aptly describes a milestone wedding anniversary.\u00a0 The poking about further elicited the notion that metals are malleable, fusible and ductile; going over those terms in detail, l was struck 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