Baltic , Norway , Iceland and the U.K. on the Zuiderdam 2019 with photos

[cat shepard]

@scubacruiserx2

 

The link to your video did not work for me.🤔. Any issue at your end? It could be a problem on my end, but I am able to watch other YouTube videos.

[scubacruiserx2]

46 minutes ago, cat shepard said:

@scubacruiserx2

 

The link to your video did not work for me.🤔. Any issue at your end? It could be a problem on my end, but I am able to watch other YouTube videos.

 

Not sure Ann . It said unable to embed this video so I'll find out as I put up more videos .

[cat shepard]

31 minutes ago, scubacruiserx2 said:

 

Not sure Ann . It said unable to embed this video so I'll find out as I put up more videos .

Thank you for checking.

[scubacruiserx2]

18 minutes ago, cat shepard said:

Thank you for checking.

 

Sure , no problem .

 

[scubacruiserx2]

We heard our first pipes as soon as we were off the ship and they wouldn't be the last 

 

 

 

We had a great aft view of the Zuiderdam

 

 

The dock's gift shop

 

 

Matthew was waiting for us at the street 

 

 

Our first stop was a lookout beside the road where we saw some Scotch Brooms . We saw a lot of these yellow flowers in Chile a few months ago . It is considered to be an invasive species by some .

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytisus_scoparius

 

 

The land was fairly clear of trees near the road

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Edited July 30, 2019 by scubacruiserx2

[cat shepard]

The video of the bagpiper worked fine. Still no success on the other.

[scubacruiserx2]

39 minutes ago, cat shepard said:

The video of the bagpiper worked fine. Still no success on the other.

 

Sorry about that . Pat tried it on her ipad and it worked .

[erewhon]

Catching up with your reports and super photos and videos.

[scubacruiserx2]

9 hours ago, erewhon said:

Catching up with your reports and super photos and videos.

 

Great , did the bird video at the port work for you ?

[Krazy Kruizers]

Always enjoy listening to the bagpipes.

[scubacruiserx2]

37 minutes ago, Krazy Kruizers said:

Always enjoy listening to the bagpipes.

 

Great , you will hear some !

[scubacruiserx2]

Let's try the birds in the port video again

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

It was really nice to have few people here

 

 

It's a short walk on a ramp down to the falls

 

 

The overlook

 

 

 

It was sure nice to see trees again since Iceland has so few

 

 

Not as dramatic or as crowded as Iceland's waterfalls , we found this one to be very relaxing

 

 

 

We saw these Foxglove flowers in Chile also . Very pretty to look at but they produce the heart drug Digitalis .

 

[cat shepard]

59 minutes ago, scubacruiserx2 said:

Let's try the birds in the port video again

 

 

 

Success! Thank you for persevering. Now I am going to try the original link! 

 

Ooh, that worked for me, too! Woo hoo!

 

Thank you again!

Edited July 31, 2019 by cat shepard

[scubacruiserx2]

24 minutes ago, cat shepard said:

Success! Thank you for persevering. Now I am going to try the original link! 

 

Ooh, that worked for me, too! Woo hoo!

 

Thank you again!

 

You're welcome . It nice when things are working .

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Our next stop was on Loch Shin to hear about the "Wee Hoose"which is best explained in the video

 

https://www.scotsman.com/news-2-15012/the-true-story-of-the-wee-hoose-on-the-loch-1-4578454

 

 

 

When I saw the bird sitting on it I thought of it as a wee bird house .

 

 

There some wee flowers growing there

 

 

Edited July 31, 2019 by scubacruiserx2

[scubacruiserx2]

I'm not sure where we stopped next except to enjoy scenery and wildlife

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the open shallow area it was a good place for birds to fish and where they could see you approaching

 

 

Unless they were busy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[erewhon]

Both videos of the birds worked for me.

The blue flowers are Aquilegia. 

[scubacruiserx2]

9 hours ago, erewhon said:

Both videos of the birds worked for me.

The blue flowers are Aquilegia. 

 

Fantastic ! We saw a number of unknown flowers so thanks for helping us connect the dots with that one .

Edited August 1, 2019 by scubacruiserx2

[Krazy Kruizers]

Enjoying your reports.

 

You do an excellent job on the pictures and videos.

 

Love the Wee Hoose!!

[scubacruiserx2]

Matthew did a good job of sharing the story and it seems  the accent really enhances the tale .

 

[scubacruiserx2]

Dunrobin Castle

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunrobin_Castle

 

 

 

 

 

 

There were a couple of buses here already and Matthew suggested that we go through the castle and down to the zoo

 

A huge tree

 

 

It's also called the Museum

 

https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/golspie/dunrobincastlemuseum/index.html

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

The Castle

 

 

 

 

 

[scubacruiserx2]

We saw flowers like these in Chile

 

 

 

 

But not these

 

 

There was a group of people seated in the garden to learn about and watch a demonstration of Falconry

 

http://www.dunrobincastle.co.uk/garden.html#falconry

 

After showing and teaching about the Falcon he unmasked the bird and sent it flying 

 

 

 

In a dive the Peregrine Falcon is the fastest animal in the world attaining speeds of 240 mph !

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_falcon

 

The bird circled overhead before diving on a target that the handler would swing around his head at the end of a rope . The bird near caught the target until he was allowed to and I never got a clear photo of the bird when he was flying . This one is take from the Dunrobin's Castle's website .