🚛📦 WE ARRIVED in WINTER WONDERLAND ❄️ - Final PART 6 ~ “3190 km later” WE MOVED COUNTRIES 📦🚛✈️

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Hi all 👋🏻

Ohhhh the excitement 🤩🤩 I know you all are waiting for the big reveal… 😎
Today is the day ☀️🐝 you will find out where LITTLEBEE4 moved to. ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTHERN SPAIN TO….. ????

NO…. Not yet… not spoiling it, you will have to read and view the photos, basically work a bit for it 😉
(I know you can scroll down hehehe 🤭 and I know some will… but pretend you played along, especially for me 🥰)

I did try to reduce the over 480 photos from that day for you, I just couldn’t get it further under 90 😆LOL

But I PROMISE THEY ARE WORTH LOOKING AT!
Nope, the first photo also won’t tell you anything…

With this post in our lovely #community I will show you our last / SIXTH PART of our long #Journey of moving countries a different way. 😎

We start our last part in DRUMNADROCHIT, in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
and
❄️❄️☃️☃️ We reached WINTER WONDERLAND in our destination ☃️☃️❄️❄️
Find out how we ended up there….

On 16 January we started traveling by car from the wooden cabin outside of Drumnadrochit… 🚗🚗🚗🚗
Along the way;
Did we jump in a train 🚂 maybe a boat ⛴️ or even a plane ✈️ from here all actually is possible…

Let’s find out soon!

The 91 photographs in this post are all taken with my #iPhone 🤓 16 January 2023 📱and I will follow the time stamps so it looks like you are coming along with me on my last part of our #journey and see what I saw… 😎 all the little #details around me ❄️☃️❄️☃️
Hope you will enjoy the views and my #story 🤓

Some of you already know what I was doing during the last months… since 19 December 2022 actually, if you missed it;
We did move countries, we did it a slightly different way… being homeless for about a month and staying in many holiday locations along our road trip. We didn’t know where we would end up and only in the last minute we got a rental house secured. We rented it unseen… talk about adventures hahaha 🤣

We left Spain 🇪🇸 see this post: ✈️ Our flight out of Spain 🇪🇸 ~ 📦🚛✈️
I made an update in this post: Update, Things are not always going as planned ~ “Market Friday in Stamford UK” 📦🚛✈️
We started our next adventures on 5 January 2023, our journey towards our final destination after we visited the in-laws and friends in England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 for the holidays.

Part 1 of my adventures you find here: PART 1 of 6 ~ “ROAD TRIP NORTH - 305 km” 📦🚛✈️
Part 2 of my adventures you find here:
PART 2 of 6 ~ “ROAD TRIP NORTH - 304 km” Visit to the KELPIES close to Falkirk 📦🚛✈️
Part 3 of my adventures you find here: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Dunnottar Castle, Stonehaven 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - PART 3 of 6 ~ “ROAD TRIP NORTH - 200 more km” 📦🚛✈️
Part 4 of my adventures you find here: Driving through the ❄️ CAIRNGORMS national park 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - PART 4 of 6 ~ “ROAD TRIP NORTH - 120 km further” let’s move countries 📦🚛✈️
Part 5 of my adventures you find here: 🦕 Driving to DRUMNADROCHIT 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - PART 5 of 6 ~ “ROAD TRIP NORTH - 85 km further”

I have counted the DISTANCE we traveled in total:

🚗✈️⛴️🚂🥾 It is about 3190 km/ 1982 Miles …. 🥾🚂⛴️✈️🚗

I know we drove further as we took the back roads… the single track country lanes. All almost off the beaten paths, but I guess this will do nicely as a grand total 😉😎
Don’t you think?

(Our adventures out locally around the stays are not counted in the total distance)

ARE YOU READY? I know I am… so;

Let’s go…. Here is PART 6 of our journey from 16 January 2023 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

Did you sit down and take a drink…?

A Google map I will put at the end of the post… to not spoil it right away hehehe 🤭 😅

This is how we woke up that early morning… the wooden cabins are surrounded by snow ❄️

It was a few cm and looked soooo beautiful. I had to walk around a bit before we would leave.

View towards the left…

Walking along the path and see the grounds. Do you remember, only 1 other cabin was occupied next to ours.

I walk by this bird feeder. I feel the ground is icy ❄️ underneath the fresh snow. So I will keep that in mind driving off this mountain. 🏔️ The temperatures are freezing 🥶 it’s about -6 degrees Celsius.

The road was twisty and turny, rather steep at places and only a single track. (You remember part 5?)
So as hubby had never driven on snowy or icy roads, going downhill, I crawled behind the steering wheel… 😎
I had driven many times over snow and ice, even in my #Classic #Mini 🚗🌨️❄️ love doing soooo 🤩 my kind of fun actually!
Wake me up for such an adventure anytime 😉

The road wasn’t gritted or a snowplough had been.
At the end of this small road I stopped after I drove down and we switched. As it looked like the main roads are fine and the gritter had been. While doing so a small snowplough / gritter drives by.

The view of the fresh snow is stunning… it is about 10 o’clock in the morning now.

See the road is fine as long as you are cautious 🚗 so we keep going.

Pretty blue sky is showing us the way. Such a stunning sight. The car is still covered with snow.

Capturing frozen parts on a lake.

Of course I will show you some sheep 🐑 along the way… they must have been surprised to by the snow during the night too 🌒🌨️

After a while we reach Inverness, a cute city and the capital of the highlands. It used to be from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

So our first major road sign… ✈️ airport we go left… 😉

It is also the route into the city Centre 😎

We cross a bridge over the RIVER NESS.
Do you see the suspension bridge we walked over in the distance the other day?

Going past it now, the churches do look pretty in the light today.

We have some food in the city and something to drink. 😊 We don’t take long though.
Our trip continues, we are still in Inverness…
The next road sign shows us: Inverness, Fort William, Ullapool and Wick. And the other side Nairn and Aberdeen.
What direction did we go to?

Can you guess?

Next small sign shows we can go either towards Thurso on the A9 or towards Ullapool on the A835…. 😉

Our next direction takes us over a large bridge at the end of Inverness.

So we say bye bye Inverness, seen from the bridge 😎👋🏻

So far we are still traveling by the car 🚗 as you can notice…
The landscape around us is so pretty, covered with a blanket of snow ⛄️

The next major road sign we see we can choose to go to the A9 towards Thurso and Wick or the A385 to Ullapool and A862 to Dingwall.

What do we choose? Follow along to find out 😎

Passing by little hamlets 😊

Pay attention to the road sign… maybe a hint there 😉😎

Suddenly the snow starts and the flakes ❄️❄️❄️❄️ are really big…
We see the road gets covered rather quickly and the wind is picking up. 😬

Visibility is getting pretty low…

The countryside is fading away slowly… at this time we also hear if the agent of the real estate company will drive to the rental house, as she has a journey too and it could be delayed due to truly bad weather. (The predictions aren’t good let me tell you)
She said; “I’ll give it a go.” So we drive further.
We didn’t know if we could move in the house when we left Drumnadrochit this morning.

It is now 13:00h and we are literally driving on snow and ice again. Hubby wants to try to continue to drive, as the traffic isn’t much on this road… so it is the perfect time to practice. I guide him through what to do and don’t do 😎

Our speed is pretty low as the road is icy and with heavy snow the visibility isn’t great out of the window. We stop a few times in a passing lane or parking to let the locals pass by, THEY ARE USED TO DRIVING ON THESE CONDITIONS 🤓 So we don’t want to be in the way hahaha 🤣

Funnily we see the right lane has been gritted but not the lane we are driving on… 🫣

We are driving at the level from Dingwall now.
I look out of the side window.

And see the most beautiful scenery popping up. 🤩

In the distance a blue stroke of sky is showing through…

It makes the scenery like a FAIRYTALE 🥰☃️☃️☃️

The snow stops.

Are you still with me, discovering our route… seeing what I saw, isn’t it stunning? The scenery 😎 let’s enjoy together a bit more.

The blue sky and the snowy darker mountains are popping out against it.

Yep, I think this is lovely… ESPECIALLY AFTER HAVING LIVED IN SPAIN FOR 7 YEARS. HUBBY DID ALMOST 16 YEARS 🇪🇸 🤓

We see some businesses we pass by.

The roads are pretty empty though…

LOOK AT THIS… just WOW 🤩
Do you know now why I took soooooo many photos on our last journey, in the snow ⛄️ 😇

How could I not capture all of this 🥰❄️

Going over hills and suddenly…

This shows up 🏔️🏔️🏔️ a lake and snowy mountains 🥰

Raw nature… not many villages around here. Just long stretches of quiet roads. 😎

Empty snowy roads.

And the most beautiful white mountains 🏔️

Don’t you think the scenery is beautiful? 😊

A lonely car coming towards us. We haven’t seen many cars on the last roads.

Going through a small town Garve and we see a train station 🚉 and a train crossing 🛤️

Wobble over the track 🛤️

A lovely house along the road. Haven’t seen many that close to the road, most have large grounds and gardens.

Now look at this THE NC500 route. Goes left.
Tiny steep roads. (The most epic route possible🤩 look into it if you don’t know)
The snow doesn’t let us take it today. 😏So we continue on this main road…

You still there? You are doing great, let’s keep going… it will be worth it as it becomes rather #remarkable in the end 😎

Did you see the road turn to snow and ice again?

No gritter to be seen. So we continue again slowly as it is ice underneath the snow.

The trees covered with snow…truly winter wonderland ☃️

Do you see the ice on the road? ❄️🫣😬🥶

Next to us runs a river… the contrast is large with the white.

A sign next to the road does warn us for the possibility of Ice ❄️

The large mountains disappeared and we can’t see that far anymore.

Crossing the black bridge

Just everywhere I look, I see such an amazing scenery…

Nope we are not there yet, still a while to go.
We just quickly pulled into a parking and let the large truck pass by. Even though all of us were not going fast. He would have preferred to pass us and we didn’t like to have the large truck behind us. Especially in these icy conditions.

Hubby is still learning to drive on it. Otherwise this post would have been short hahaha 🤣 with not so many photos. 😎

We see in the distance a large dam. The restaurant before it is closed during the winter months. We haven’t seen anything open on this large road. It doesn’t exist on the A835… let alone villages… we are truly in the middle of nowhere… CROSSING THE HIGHLANDS 😎🚗❄️☃️in truly bad weather conditions.

The dam…

We are catching up with the truck again. But we leave it far in front of us. Steep hills and lots of corners are coming up I see on the map 🗺️

The sky is getting darker and we end up a few times in a blizzard 🌨️ the visibility is zero… 🫣

At a view point I had located we wanted to have stopped at in better weather conditions we rest…
A gritter / snowplough comes by.

Thank you kindly sir 😊👋🏻 too bad he is going in the wrong direction. Hehehe 🤭
None is going the other way…

We continue. The road goes on… we have to hurry up as we don’t want to get stuck on this road…
the right side has now been gritted, the left side we are driving on… nope, it has been a while. 😎 We continue slowly further.

Parts of the Lake next to us is frozen over.
Do you see what I see?

Perfect round circles where the snow melts on the water… ⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️⚪️

In the distance we see trees and a very small dam and bridge.

Closer look of it 😊

There you go, it so stands out in the scenery.

More ice… it does look stunning, just driving on it can be tricky. 😎 Hubby is doing fine and I am so proud of him 🥰

Lonely abandoned bothy’s or other buildings in the middle of nowhere.

Did I tell you we are very remote at the moment here?

No other traffic. Just us… and the snow ⛄️

And… again some sheep 🐑 how can I forget about the #sheep along the roads up here in the #highlands.

Keep going… almost there… 😉 now I am proud of you too, if you have read all the way until here 😉🥰

We stopped for a while to eat some sandwiches 🥪 after this drive so far… it’s 14:20h by now. We have trees and a river on our left side. 😎

Passing by natural scenery everywhere we look.

Look at the SKY! 😳 O no… we are heading that way.

No villages in sight yet…

Some tiny hamlets we do pass, with a few houses.

The views of Loch Broom are stunning even now in the winter.

The first larger town we enter.

We are hurrying now as we want to arrive at our destination before the bad weather does, that is in front of us and the dark… it does get dark early here (at that time at 15:25h ish)

And look what happened. We made it. 🎉 Just before the dark… I drove up the mountain again, so no photos of the last parts. No gritter / snowplough had been up that road. I just slowly drove up. A few times the wheels spinned… but all good 😎🤩 I can deal with that. The 4x4 did help 😉

The agent of the real estate company didn’t want to drive up the mountain in these weather conditions, so we met her at the bottom of the mountain. She said… the garage is open, drive in, the keys are inside 😳 and that was it. We never saw anybody to show us around. We rented this house unseen… and boy are we lucky 🍀

The views… at least what you can see at the moment 🤩🥰

The covered balcony in snow ⛄️ it is 15cm of snow when we arrived. 😳

The entrance…

Do you know by now where we ended up?

Let me show you on a map 🗺️
Google map shows we followed this route:

It was about 130km long.

The last track up to the house couldn’t be found, so we drove to where we met the real estate agent. Followed her instructions.

We are living now on the #NC500 route. On the west coast of Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 UK 🇬🇧
THE HIGHLANDS to be precise. 😉🥰
And so far we are loving it. 💜

The scenery is stunning. We are very remote as you know and we will explore many places in the days to come. The nature is raw…
I can’t wait to share my adventures with you all.

DID YOU GUESS IT COULD BE HERE?

I show you the following days soon that followed to this day ☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️

And that’s all for today’s post. Hope you enjoyed reading up and seeing now finally where we ended up.
Until my next Post! 👋🏻😎 are you joining me again soon? On my explorations and adventures out here?
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Wow! What a journey on treacherous roads! You have many adventures ahead.
Thanks for sharing the photos of the trip. They are quite spectacular!

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Thank you so much @melinda010100 👋🏻😊 I will… and so looking forward to them.
Happy I could share this with you 😊😎 loved the scenery so much!
Have a great Thursday 🥰
Thanks for the boost, much appreciated.

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It took so long to get to the place where you wanted to be... THE HIGHLANDS.
It's so worth it, @littlebee4 .
Your journey there was breathtaking... just like in a fairy tale!
Cheers!!! 🥂
!LADY 😍🌺🤙

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It sure did take a long time, but boy did we see some amazing things along the way. 😊 loved every moment of it @silversaver888 🥰
It was worth waiting for. Now unpack further and start exploring… 🤩
Thank you so much dear, happy I could share it with you. 🤗
Have a wonderful Thursday. Bigg huggss 🤗🤗
Cheers!
!LADY 🤗🥰🌺🤙🏻

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How cool is that - you moved to Scotland ! I had my suspicions from the post about Starlink - all that rain, with the hilly scenery and definite colouring of Scotland ! Well you are in a fantastic part of the country - the scenery around there is amazing, I'm sure you love it. And you had quite the snowbound adventure to get there - we dont often have it as bad as that !
Enjoy Ullapool - and check out the Ullapool news on facebook - you'll love it !
!LOLZ
!ALIVE

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I did 😎😊 yay! And soooo happy with it @hoosie 🥳🥳 Scotland is stunning in every way.
I know you were suspecting it hahaha 🤣
We are in the area of it and will sure visit it. Drove through it now a few times. Not many bars and restaurants are open at this time. But we are still busy unpacking as our belongings arrived much later 😉
I will check it out, thanks.
The weather when we drove towards it was pretty bad with blizzards and all the icy roads. The day after we even had more snow and some areas almost had 30 cm cover. I build a snowman ⛄️ too. Will share soon ☃️ as it was so much fun 🤩
Enjoy your evening.
!ALIVE

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I'm glad you are enjoying it - thats great. And yes, its pretty quite in those parts at this time of year. It can even be pretty quiet where you are at any time of the year - its a great area to relax and chill !

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Thanks 😊
Yep… and you know, no tourists either now. So when out and about it is pretty much just us hahaha 🤣 love it!
Perfect place to relax and chill… recharge. We love it.
Thank you @hoosie
Say hi when you are in the area 😉

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We will actually be up on the west coast this coming week for a break - down in Oban, but thats still quite a good few hours from where you are ! But will do, and likewise if you are in Edinburgh !

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That’s cool, have fun there 🤩
It is indeed not that close by.
Great, I will do the same.
!PIZZA

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Hello dear friend @littlebee4 good afternoon This trip was really amazing, how much snow all the way, very nice to see.
Beautiful photographs, let us see the beautiful places that happened. I appreciate that you have shared these beautiful images and the travel experience with us.

Have a beautiful afternoon

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Hello dear friend @jlufer good afternoon to you too 👋🏻😊
Thank you so much for checking out my post about our move 😎
The trip was stunning. And so much snow ⛄️ it was beautiful.
Happy I could share it with you.
Enjoy your day further ☀️🌺
!ALIVE

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Wow! What an amazing journey from south to north! Winter wonderland it is in the Highlands.🥶 The road trips were terrific... The snow is sooo beautiful but I am excited to see the place when the snow subsides too. 😁 I am glad you are finally in your destination. Everything looks so beautiful in white 😃..

Enjoy your new home. It is cold there but I can feel your heart warmed up with joy in this amazing journey. Yey! Cheers! 🍾🍾🍾

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Thank you soooo much @bluepark 👋🏻😊 so happy I could share it all with you. Every part of it.
The snow was stunning and got even more the next day, so much no car could drive down or up our mountain.
Now it is melted already… just the top of the mountains are snowy. I will share our trips out soon… and the day I built a snowman ⛄️ it was so much fun and made me giggle like a small child. Hahaha 🤣

The cold isn’t that bad here, yes if I compare it with Spain, but it is rather temperate. It’s between 4 and 10 degrees Celsius this week and last week too. No freezing at the moment.
The houses are well insulated here. Unlike Spain where they are not.

Can’t wait for the changing seasons and all the green nature to flower around us.
My heart 💜 sure warmed up with so much joy 🤩
Thank you kindly dear friend.
Have a nice week further 👋🏻☀️🌺
!LADY

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the day I built a snowman ⛄️ it was so much fun and made me giggle like a small child. Hahaha 🤣

😆 That's cute. You know you are in a happy place when it brings out the kid in you. 🤾🏔️❄️🤸

I couldn't wait for the new adventures and the beautiful places you'll be sharing with us.

Keep warm

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I think I am than hehehe 🤭
Will show you soon ☃️☃️☃️

Thanks a lot, me neither, I sooo wanted to share earlier and then we had no internet hahaha 🤣
Life… 🤩 let’s make the best out of it.

Will do 😎
Take care!

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This truely is a winter wonderland 😍😍. And yes for taking on the icy road! I myself have also never driven on an icy road, seeing as it doesn't really snow in the heart of South Africa. I've only seen snow about 4 times in my life and it was no way close to this 😅. I'm not a fan of the cold, but I would love to experience this side of nature one day. I'm glad you had a safe and wonderful trip!

!LUV

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It truly is @misshugo ☃️💜🥰 everywhere I looked was just stunning!
Loved the roads even though we needed to be very careful.
We did almost half a day what should have been 2 hours. But better safe than sorry. 😉
I can imagine… you are not used to the snow and cold.
This is my 6th country of residence now. Spain was the warmest and up in Scotland / UK will be the coldest.
We are still acclimatising… but one can dress for the cold, not so for the heat.
Maybe one day you come up here 😎
Thanks for sharing this with me. Makes me happy.
Have a lovely evening further 👋🏻😊
!ALIVE

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Wow what an adventure hubby did well driving in those icy roads

Great follow the journey through all the ohotos

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Thank you so much @tattoodjay he did well.
Best way to learn actually, by doing it. If needed I would have taken over.
I did the steep mountains and little tracks on them. Down when we left and up when we arrived.

Thanks, happy I could share our move with you. The journey… all of them where epic 🤩
Have a great day further 👋🏻😊

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Nice post @littlebee4. All photos are amazing. we have the same experience here without traveling somewhere.
At first, I thought you are around here but after reading your post it cleared up this is Scotland. Enjoy your winter greetings💓😊

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Thank you kindly @hindavi 😊👋🏻
Really that’s pretty cool. I am not used to it… but I love it so far. At the moment all snow is melted and the green shows everywhere… 😊
Thank you kindly, I will. Enjoy your winters there too, greetings 👋🏻☀️

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What a long journey you take. But anyway the views along the way are stunning 😍. I hope you will have a great time in your new place.

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Yep, why the easy way… we love exploring and traveling. When we started we didn’t know where we would end up, end of December. But here we are… after 6 parts of the journey. We will have a great time 😊👋🏻 so much to see and do, walks… raw nature all around us. Yep, love it.
Have a lovely week further!
Thank you.

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The parts I have seen of Scotland have been so beautiful. My favourite was getting to explore Inverness and the surrounding areas. I am very happy for you @littlebee4 xxxx

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Thanks a lot @trucklife-family 😊👋🏻 for coming along. Scotland is stunning, can’t wait for adventures around here.
So far everything is beautiful. Been 3 times now in Inverness. It is cute and we have still so much to explore…
That’s kind of you, thank you 🤗🤗 Bigg hugg xxxx
Have a lovely evening!

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Oh my God, it's a magical place... Journey to it through your photos, I really wish I could visit such a place, enjoy the scenery and take thousands of photos hahaha thanks for sharing this my dear. It's really beautiful 😍

!discovery 45
!BBH
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It so is @dimascastillo90 😊🤩 love it here and can’t wait to show more of my walks, adventures and explorations of this area.
Happy you came along with me and saw where I ended up moving to. 😎
Thanks so much dear friend.
Maybe one day you do…
Bigg huggg and kisses 🤗🤗😘😘
Have a nice evening!

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Wahoo quite a journey... beautiful photos of these winter roads. It makes a big change with Spain, no more sun and beach 😀 Enjoy your new home.

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Thank you soooo much @heroldius 👋🏻😊 it was epic to say the least.
Now I can finally share so much more… the walks we already had, the snowman I built ☃️☃️☃️
Happy I could share this journey with you.
It sure is a difference with Spain. But we so craved 4 seasons and nature. This will do 😉🥰
Thanks, will do.
Have a wonderful Friday ☀️☃️
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Congratulations on your move. That looks like quite the drive. So much snow!
Looks like quite the place though.

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Thank you so much @leaky20 😊🤩 it sure was, what should have been a two hour drive took us from 10h to 15h something o’clock.
We got a snowy welcome for sure. At the moment it is all defrosted. It looks so different.
Have a great Friday!

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Wow, what an amazing adventure! I'm awed by the vast tracks of lands that are near empty. Such a contrast to the crowded city where I live. The place looks so quiet and so close to nature. This is where you installed your Starlink, right? I'm guessing you love the snow. Your photos looks so good to be on postcards. LOL! Can't wait for more of your stories and photos. Enjoy the weekend!


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The journey was epic… all parts of it. And the things we saw and explored. 🤩 loving every moment of it.
Yep most of the highlands are pretty remote and you won’t find many towns around here. The nature is raw. So much space to walk and just be… it’s peaceful and one can be close to nature. Just what we wanted. City is 1,20h drive away 😉
This is indeed where I set up Starlink. Now you know why I needed it.
The snow was soooo pretty. It stayed for 1 week… it is all melted now and revealed the most amazing colours underneath.
I will for sure post more now I revealed the location. Can’t wait to share it all with you.
Have a wonderful weekend 👋🏻😊

Thank you so much, great to hear. I will for sure put some photos in my printshop. Postcards are also part of it. A link is on the bottom of all posts to my shop.
Will have to make some time for adding some new photos.

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Huge congratulations on your new place in the Highlands, Jackie! Yep, your journey there was indeed epic and super beautiful! I look forward to your explorations around where you live! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙



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Thank you so much Tydyn 👋🏻😊 I sooooo loved it. It was epic in every way!
Soon I share more, as now I can hehehe all know where I ended up.

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Absolutely, and that's so wonderful! Yay! I think it's funny that you and I are among the most active people on Hive and we both live way out in remote areas! Kinda cool! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙



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Thanks so much Tydyn 🙏🏻👋🏻😊
Hahaha there you mention indeed something funny.
We are indeed amongst the top 10 most active people around here and we live soooooo remote.
But, us living this remote and working from home… does allow us to be active here next to our daily tasks 😎😊
I can’t complain in any way… love life 🥰🌺☀️
Have an awesome Sunday!

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Most certainly! Indeed, exactly true! Living this remote affords many freedoms! Me either! I love my life so much! Thankie Jackie! Glorious Monday to you! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙



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It does and loving it 😎
Perfect!
You are welcome and thank you so much dear Tydyn.
Happy week to you 👋🏻😊

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Wow! You made it and it is indeed lovely! I would love to visit there! I can't wait to see more photos in the future. Thanks for sharing your journey, @littlebee4! Take care and enjoy your new place! !LADY

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Yay I made it @elizabethbit 🥳🥳😁 so happy here in the highlands.
Now I revealed it, I can share the surroundings. The walks we already had… can’t wait to show you.
Thank you so much for coming along on this journey. Happy to share.
Will do.
Have a wonderful Friday 👋🏻 and do enjoy your weekend ☀️🌺
!LADY

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I can feel your happiness radiating all the way to the west coast here in the US! I look forward to more pictures of your adventures! Take care!

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Aawww that’s wonderful to hear 👋🏻😊 thank you so much.
I am indeed so happy… it’s time to grow some roots somewhere and I feel… up here in Scotland will be the spot 😎 for the first time in my life… after almost 50 moves and this is country number 6. It is time to truly settle down 🥰
Take care @elizabethbit 👋🏻
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May your roots take deep! May you have many adventures in your new home country! Take care @littlebee4!🤗💜

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Thanks a lot, that’s kind of you!
Let’s make that happen 😉🍀☀️🌺
Thank you.
Take care and have a wonderful new week 👋🏻☀️

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I crawled behind the steering wheel…

A girl with some skills up her sleeves 😃

Those are sheep with adaptation for snowy weather I wonder if the ones in Africa's hot climate will survive the snow.

Don’t you think the scenery is beautiful? 😊

I think it is beautiful beyond perception!

I guessed it was the UK in Ireland last, am not entirely off Jackie 😃

The pictures are an absolute beauty, I was just wondering about the danger of getting stuck in a such drive but when you mentioned 4*4 I took it you had the right car for the road.

Thanks for sharing this, very beautiful!

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Hahaha 🤣 yep… that’s me 😉😎

I think the sheep in Africa would have a hard time surviving in these climates. Their fur / coats will be different. Their eyes… all of it.

I will share soon more from some walks around here, the scenery is just breathtakingly beautiful.
I know you were suspecting Ireland. 🤓 It would have been easy with my passport. Not now. Still waiting if they accept my paperwork 🍀🍀🍀🍀 the nature is different up here and many more trees. More raw nature.
You weren’t fully off… just Scotland, let’s say the UK is out of the EU now.

Indeed, one does need a proper car up here and we got one while visiting family in England during Christmas. We did prepare for it… 🤓 that road we drove, you don’t want to be stuck there. No mobile reception or houses… it’s so remote. Up in the highlands a 4x4 is the car to get.

That’s the road we drive once in a while to get a large grocery shop in Inverness or other shops.
Without the snow it’s 1,15 h. And we love every moment. The scenery is stunning 🤩

I’m so happy I could share this with you Joe. Thank you so much 😊
Have a wonderful evening further 👋🏻
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I have traveled to do jobs for clients in SA, where they live remotely some in the mountains and very far from everyone like an hour's drive from the shops so I have an idea of your remote place now.

I was even stalked at some point about 1km close to the client and my colleague had to go call the client to pull us out of the sand while I waited with the van 😃.

This is awesome, I am happy to you are loving your new location. Have your in-laws arrived?

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That’s cool, you understand.

Wow… the adventures going remote.
One does need a good working car and keep it well maintained in such areas.

Yep they did last week Wednesday and will leave this coming Thursday. So I have been taking them out and about.
Yesterday we saw wild red deer 🦌 soooo close to the road we stopped. I took many photos. Will share soon 😎 amazing to see.

Have a great evening Joe 👋🏻😊
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Total and utter immersion in this post and had to drag someone over to show it to them as well 👀

This is mind-blowing, LittleBee!

What a journey. In a mini??? Are you kidding me??

What a magical place to live. I am so f*ckin' jealous right now. Sending warmth (!) and super best wishes for your new home and adventure 😁

That has to be some of THE most beautiful landscape I've ever seen. Honestly. Breathtaking 💥

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Aaawww that’s wonderful to hear you got so into it, and even dragged someone over to show 😎 thank you so much 🙏🏻🥰

It was epic all the way… we sure had a journey all the way from Spain… over a month… to the Highlands.
Loved it, every second of it. How could I not 😎

I did classic mini; Netherlands to south Spain in January, snow and ice… for 3 days in 2015. Total days 5.
Now we had a 4x4. A mini would have struggled. The weather warnings were extreme for this day. Luckily all went well.
Now the snow is gone… and the colours of nature, the earth is showing through… will show you soon.
Can’t wait to share the surroundings with you. Raw nature, everywhere I look.

Thank you so much sweetie 🤗 surprisingly it isn’t as cold as everybody thinks. The coming days it goes up to 10 degrees Celsius.
Walking… it is lovely. The fresh and crisp air… I didn’t think I ever had that anywhere like here. Not in any other 5 countries.
Maybe one day you visit @nickydee 😉

I know… feel the same it is breathtakingly beautiful in every way 🥰
Thanks for sharing this moment with me.
Take care and enjoy your weekend 😃
!LADY

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I am so going to put a visit on my bucket list for sure.

That would be something, huh? :D

I hate the cold and suffer from it badly. Skinny and lazy to eat at times. Among other things. But I'd wrap up and make fires every day for the landscape and solitude (and peace) that your photos depict. Big time!

Enjoy it, @littlebee4

Looking forward to seeing more of it!

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Good 😎 that’s cool to hear.

Yep for sure…

I’m not good in cold, but one can dress for it. Lots of layers so help. And fires too. We also have underfloor heating at this moment. Not sure what the next place will have…
And not always eating, hahaha yep know that too. Especially when I’m so sucked up in my art… all day, waking up in the evening and see oh I didn’t eat or drink today.

It is so peaceful here… wild animals run through the garden. You hear nothing and it is soooo dark. You don’t see anything out. Only when the moon is visible. 😎 it’s perfect.

I soooooooooooooo will !LOL

Thank you so much, happy I could share this with you 👋🏻😊
Happy weekend!

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OMG - I'm on my way *starts packing madly

Not really. But one day. Perhaps. Enjoy, angel. What a trip! ❤️💥

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One day… maybe sweetie…
Thank you so much 😊 happy you enjoyed it with me.
Have an awesome new week.
Take care 🤗🥰🌹

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I knew it! LOL! What a journey that was. You went through all the winter wonderlands there is and then arrived to one too! Beautiful snapshots of your journey and I imagine you have your fireplace lit up these days. It looks really, really cold over there 😊

Enjoy your new home, Jackie and stay warm and comfy!

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Hehehe thanks a lot @ifarmgirl 😎 I know some were suspecting 😇
The journey was awesome and the snow… stunning. It’s all gone again at the moment. And it is not as cold as people think. England is colder at the moment.
Here it’s between 4 and 10 degrees Celsius. So not too bad. And the houses are insulated, nothing like Spain where it is colder inside now than outside. No heating stays in the room there.
Here it is nice and cosy.
The snow was truly a surprise the last days. So happy we made it and could get to the rental.

I will for as long until we found a little house to buy and renovate… 👋🏻😊😎
Can’t wait to share more from the surroundings. And the snowman I built ☃️☃️☃️
Happy weekend ☀️🌺🤗
Thanks a lot, will do.
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Quite a gallery! Beautiful landscapes in this region. I guess it would be nice to have a hike in some mountainious areas in Scotland.

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Thank you kindly @greddyforce 👋🏻😎
Yep, the walks will be epic. I went on a few short ones already. Will show the surroundings and walks soon. The snow is melted now, and the scenery changed. The colours right now, stunning.
Happy weekend ☀️

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Everything is white. I wanted to experience snow. However, driving may not be easy with such condition. Keep safe.

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Thanks a lot @shula14 👋🏻😊 he snow was so amazing, like a fairy tale.
At the moment no snow left, all melted.
Driving in though conditions is tricky but all went well.
Now it is just laying attention in the morning if it froze during the night.
It isn’t as cold up here as most people think.
Happy weekend.

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The Highlands of Scotland! That is a notable change from Spain for sure! I loved sharing parts of your journey with you Jackie! It truly was epic! Congratulations on your new home (even if you'll only be in that house for a time), and with solid internet now too! Yay! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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It sure is such a difference, actually from all the countries I have lived in.
Thank you so much Tydyn for coming along 👋🏻😊 and the congrats 🎉
So happy for as long as it takes 😉🤓
Yep with my Starlink, and when we move into a tiny house to renovate we take it with us for sure.
Enjoy your Friday ☀️🌺🍀 have fun 🤩

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I hope that your adjustment there is easeful and quick! It was my deep honor, pleasure, and privilege to take part in this manner in your wonderful and amazing quest! Yep, I think you've got good internet handled! Thanks much Jackie! I've been doing Hive since morning, and am about to go work on the land for a bit. I hope that you sleep sooooo well! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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Aawww thank you kindly Tydyn… 🤗 much appreciated! I’m grateful…
Sounds lovely and a great day.
Thank you so much. I did sleep better 💤💤
Tired too now, but want to get through at least half of the notifications 🔔
Have a lovely day, make it count 👋🏻😊☀️🌺🍀

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You're always very welcome Jackie! That's wonderful that you slept better! I wish you a lightning-fast catch up! I see that you're almost 24 hours behind, as I made this comment almost the same time yesterday! Thank you! I'm still catching up myself! Sleep in super-restful bliss! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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Yep… and now 21 hours oeffff I didn’t manage to finish all last night.
Will try this evening.
We had a lovely day out and explored a lot again 👋🏻😊 having visitors is hard work hehehe 🤭
You are welcome Tydyn hope you did catch up…
Good morning to you ☀️🌹 have an awesome day!

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Hehe...oh my...I so understand! I hope it goes easefully and quickly! That's so beautiful to hear! Glorious! Hahaha...I imagine it is! I caught up, yes, for a while, and I'm almost caught up again! Thank you! Good evening to you Jackie! It's a very rainy Hive-and-Arch Linux day! Enjoy your evening! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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Let’s catch up again… over and over again hahaha 🤣!LOL
Happy days Tydyn. We explored so many new areas the last days. Saw many wild animals too… just beautiful.
Thank you so much 😊 hope you are sleeping deeply 💤💤💤💤💤💤

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Haha...yep, that's how it is! Thank you Jackie! Happy day (or night, as the case may be!) to you too! That sounds wonderful and fun! Absolutely! I did sleep pretty well last night, thankfully! Enjoy your evening! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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You are welcome Tydyn. Thank you so much, much appreciated 😎
It was wonderful.
Great to hear… let it be now too 💤💤💤💤💤

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Always, fantastic, and so yes! 😁 🙏 💚 ✨ 🤙

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You really arrived at Winter Wonderland 😍.
What a journey to get there, full of cool adventures. Thanks for sharing, Jackie
The place seems so gorgeous, the scenery is breathtaking.
Cheers!
!LUV

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Thank you so much @coquicoin 👋🏻😊💃🏻💃🏻 wooohhoooo I did. So happy.
The journey was epic and full of adventures. Especially the last day driving over snow and ice.
Will show you soon more from the surroundings, the snow has melted… so many colours popped up underneath. 🥰
Thanks, have a wonderful weekend 👋🏻☀️🌺
Cheers!
!LUV

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Wow! What stunning views! And I did read the whole post as I didn't want to miss anything...lol!

No, I would never have guessed that you would end up there...but on the other hand, I am totally unfamiliar with that area... So, no wonder I couldn't guess...😅🙏!

But it really is beautiful, @littlebee4! It just looks extremely cold though...don't know if I would be able to survive those kinds of temperatures...

I wish you many happy years of living in that area. It is really really awesome and really beautiful! I'm aware that you will be looking out for property to buy, but if I understand correctly, it will also be in the same area...?

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Aawww thank you so much @jacoalberts , also for reading the whole post. It was long, even for me I must admit.
Just didn’t want to break it down more.

Then I am happy I ended up here and can show you the beauty of the highlands and Scotland in particular through my posts.
The nature is amazing. This side isn’t much populated.
The property to buy will probably be more east of Scotland. Around the cairngorms. National park. The one where the cottage In the woods was, and the squirrels came to visit. (Have a look at the cairngorms on Google)
We were trying to get a rental there, but there was nothing, rentals are scarce up here. But who knows, maybe we stay on the west side. We have time enough to explore in the weekends the coming year or so. To truly get a feel for all areas.

Funnily everybody says it is cold, and believe me it isn’t that bad. We have at the moment 4 to 10 degrees Celsius. Scotland has milder temperatures than England. Less extremes. More a temperate climate. Proper 4 seasons, even in one day hahaha 🤣

Thank you that’s kind.
Have a wonderful weekend 👋🏻☀️🌺

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I enjoyed reading your post!

It's great to see what that part of the world looks like through your photos! It really is beautiful.

Hahaha...I don't think understand, @littlebee4! Here in Durban when the temperature goes below 25 degrees Celcius it's getting cool. Below 20 degrees Celcius we start wearing jackets...lol! Believe me...for us, 4 to 10 Degrees Celcius is cold😄! For us, I think that will take a lot of climatizing and getting used to...

It makes sense what you say when you compare it to England though.

I look forward to reading more about your adventures and seeing your photos. It's absolutely amazing!

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Thank you kindly @jacoalberts 😊👋🏻

Happy to share this part of the world with you.

Hahaha I so know, in Spain we did the same… 20 degrees Celsius and we were wearing winter coats.
Fully dressed up with scarf and coats and tourists walk by on the boulevard along the see just wearing a top / t-shirt and shirts… bbrrrrr hahaha I know.

This is colder than Spain and definitely colder than where you are.
One can dress for it, but less so for the heat.

Thank you so much, that’s great to hear. Can’t wait to share more… 😎
Good morning when you wake up 👋🏻☀️🌺

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So you know😄! As you say, you did the same in Spain!

Hahaha I so know, in Spain we did the same… 20 degrees Celsius and we were wearing winter coats.
Fully dressed up with scarf and coats and tourists walk by on the boulevard along the see just wearing a top / t-shirt and shirts… bbrrrrr hahaha I know.

Hahaha... It is exactly the same here too. It's quite funny actually...lol!

And even when winter starts approaching, we have a standing joke here. How do you know who are tourists and who are locals around here? All the tourists are swimming and playing in the water while the locals are sitting on the beach with jackets on...

Yes, it is true what you say... One can dress for the cold, but less so for the heat.

Looking forward to seeing more of your part of the world!

Enjoy your Sunday, @littlebee4👍!

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Yep, exactly the same… hahaha 🤣!LOL

Yes, tourists swim and locals are on the beach in full winter dress… hahaha

Thank you kindly @jacoalberts 👋🏻😊 hope you enjoyed your weekend too.
Have a great new week 🌺☀️

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Not a single photo without Snow!
I haven't seen that much Snow in a Very Long Time!
Be🐝 Safe And have fun!
✨🙋🏻‍♀️✨

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I know… we had some bad weather driving there and snow everywhere….
Me neither ☃️☃️☃️☃️
I will, thank you so much for checking my post out @lesmann 👋🏻😊
Let me wish you a wonderful Saturday and enjoy your Sunday!
Take care and stay safe ☀️🌺🍀
!ALIVE

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Yes @littlebee4 it reminds me of "time long ago"...
You know, driving in snow (to me) is about the most fun you can have with it! 😅🤣😅 At least you can have the heater on! 🤣🤣🤣

Thank You My Friend! 🤗
I am also wishing You the Most Magnificent Happy Sunday! ✨🏔️✨
You Deserve it, and no thanks needed on checking the post! 👀
Happy Sunday, "Make It Magical"!
Take Care and Stay Safe!
🙋🏻‍♀️✨🌄✨🙋🏻‍♀️

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I can imagine… for me too. It’s fun and takes some attention ☃️
And the heater hahaha 🤣 in my Classic Mini it didn’t work !LOL
In the winter I was driving it with lang jacket gloves and hat on hahaha 🤣

You are welcome @lesmann 😎
Aawww thanks a lot.
Happy Valentine’s Day and enjoy your Tuesday
Let’s make this week magical with lots of positive energy.

I’m a bit occupied with the visitors at the moment exploring new areas.
Yesterday we saw wild deer 🦌 going even over the road. We stopped and I could capture some. Will have to check the photos later.
Bee 🐝 happy 😃
Take care and stay safe!

Thanks 🙏🏻

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It can be, especially if your in a car you know well! 😉😁😆
Really fun on cobblestones! 😆🤣😆
I have been through the heater thing myself... And driving with gloves is not as easy as it sounds..😳
But the memories are all fun! ⛄⛄⛄
😆😆😆

Absolutely @littlebee4 ! Definitely Magical! I went to the license place to renew my driver's license today... No, it didn't work and is going to cost an extra $93 to make it work... At first I was a little upset as their website "did not make things clear, at all" - the nice young lady told me to write a letter to the state capitol on my grievances..😳
So I found an agency that "for a fee" can get me the required 📜 before my 03/03 deadline...
And then You know something? I thought about this and I am not upset at all! I will get it done in time, and I had the mind to find someone in NJ to get me the papers and UPS them overnight to me. And had the money to do it, there have been times I might not have been able to...
So I am actually Happy, and maybe that's what it was all about, recognizing all the Truly Positive that has been going on around me, and I have! 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

I can totally believe that You are busy with houseguests and exploring Your new surroundings! I am sure I would be as well! Between living in another country, and the trip itself You have lots to familiarize Yourself with!

Take Care and Stay Safe, Always!
Hoping You had an Amazing Valentine's Day!

This is a Magical Week!
And Let's keep it that way,
Stay Blessed and Safe!
🙋🏻‍♀️🙏🏼✨🌄✨🙏🏼🙋🏻‍♀️

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Hi @lesmann 👋🏻😊
Hope you are well. Sorry I haven’t been around much. It was so busy with the visitors. And now other things are taking up all my time.

Hahaha yep… snow and ice and a car you fully know. Perfect combo ☃️☃️
No it’s not easy to drive with gloves and long jacket etc. but was needed hahaha.
Luckily car changed and we have some hearing now. Even heated seats, I am soooo not complaining. 🤓

Sorry it didn’t work the easy way to get the license. I hope you have been able to sort it out.
That’s wonderful to hear, that you fully changed your mindset.
You are able to do all of that now. So it will work and be done before the deadline.
Maybe that’s all it is about. Recognising the positive and not stay in the negative.
I soooo understand 😎 yay for you!
Any updates on it? As it has been a while now.

Yep lots to do and organise… I will tell you all about it dear friend 👋🏻
Thank yous so much and have the most wonderful week!
Take care and stay safe.
Happy positive energy mid-week ☀️🍀🌈🌺

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What an adventure. Wowow really a winter wonderland 💕❄️😍🎉✨ super beautiful.

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Yay, you found it @akida 🎉🎉🥳🥳 isn’t it pretty? Especially with the snow.
Now all is melted and the colours of the earth and nature show. It’s even better 🥰
Loved the journey, it was epic. Happy I could share it with you.
Have a wonderful weekend dear 👋🏻☀️🌺 Bigg huggssss
!ALIVE

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wowwwwwwww

let me tell you... hehehe this journey had me very emotional! I'm serious! hehehe I felt myself feeling a bit nostalgic for the time when we first drove to see our new home 16 years ago on top of a mountain. and now - 6 years ago - we moved to another mountain (where we currently are) and the snow is jsut like this! hehehe

Its so exciting to be starting your life in a new place!!! I can't describe the thrill of that - but you captured it so well in the pictures!

and then to end up at your new home - wow! hehehehe and site unseen!!! hahahaha even more adventurous!! LOL

I'm so happy that you're settling in and I'm reading this out of order - so i know that you're already there with the moving boxes finally arrived... in that condition! I do hope you get some sort of recompense fot any damages that have occurred!!! especially that the air compressor still works!!!

thank you for sharing these photos! I can't believe that we were so close to you!!! I wish that we had been able to meet up when @samsmith1971 and @penderis and I were driving through Scotland! I bet we were very close to one another and didn't even know it!!!! gahhhhhhhhhhhhh LOLOL

but yes - next time I come to UK - I'm definitely going to want to come see you and visit! hehehehehe

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Aawwww I so understand @dreemsteem 👋🏻😊 believe me, after moving many times (almost 50 times), this is country of residence number 6 for me.
We want to settle down. Grow some roots for once… and this is it. Somewhere up here in Scotland 😊
We are renting now, until we find a little cottage to buy and renovate.

Funnily, with a big move, it does stay exciting! 🤩 always. So happy to hear my photos portray that too. Very cool.

Hahaha yep, it was so hard to get a rental from Spain, not many available where we wanted. So we ended up here for now. Very exciting. Especially with a drive up to it like this.

Thank you so much, yep… we will settle in for a bit. Can’t wait to explore more from Scotland and find the right location to buy. We have time and are in no hurry, so we will find it… 🤓😉
I hope too it still works, as that is for my art… work.

We were indeed very close I think. We did a road trip… as you can see in the other parts. From down in England up to the Lake District for a few nights to a place around Loch Lomand 1 night, then Aberdeen shire 3 night, then Grantown on Spey 3 nights, then Drumnadrochit (Loch Ness) 2 nights and uk to where we are now. So we drove around Scotland to get here hahaha 🤣 this was 5 January until the 16th.

Let’s meet next time one of us are in the same area/ country / state 😉 would be cool. Or many more hivers. 😃
Have an awesome weekend 👋🏻😊
!LUV

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I can't wait to see where you finally choose to settle down! hehehe I really fell in love with Scotland so much when I was there, I would love to one day have a home there!!! hehehe

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Me neither hehehe 🤭
Whatever happens, it is in nature surrounded by forests and walking trails 😎
Scotland is indeed a place to fall in love with easily. 😊 especially with the temperate climate, every body thinks it is really cold. But it isn’t… so let’s not tell them 😇
That sounds wonderful, hope you will 🤞🏻🍀
Happy new week, enjoy your evening further 🌺
!LADY

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Utterly gorgeous! I love Scotland. I spent 6 months working in Perthshire through the winter a few years back. Although on the opposite coast, the scenery is beautiful north of Perth too. I've been up to Scotland a number of times during my years in the UK and up and around Inverness and the Highlands a couple of times. Most recently travelled around with @dreemsteem and @penderis for a few days, doing the circular around Loch Ness and hanging out around Edinburgh and up the East coast towards St Andrews too. I don't think there is a part of Scotland that I have seen that I did not like. And yes @dreemsteem , next time we'll have to go see @littlebee4 for sure hehe. Thank you for sharing this wonderful journey and gorgeous photos. Sounds like you will settle there beautifully. Enjoy your new home! !LUV !ALIVE

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Thank you so much @samsmith1971 👋🏻😊 it is indeed stunning.
That’s great to hear you have been to many places and love it.
We have done a road trip from 5 January until the 16th we could move into our rental house.
From England to the Lake District to Loch Lomand to Drumoak (Aberdeenshire) to Grantown on Spey to Drumnadrochit (Loch Ness) To where I am now, west coast in the highlands. The accommodations were stunning too. From wooden cabins in the woods to cottages and 1 hotel.
The journey was epic… moving from Spain uk to here 😎🤩

I saw her post about the trip you had.
That would be super cool when you do come to the highlands and come and see me too. 😉💃🏻
So happy I could share this with you. Thanks a lot.
Let’s hope, as we want to grow some roots now, after almost 50 moves and now living in country number 6 for me… it is time to truly settle. 🤓 (we will search a cottage to but in the next year)

Will do, thanks.
Have an awesome weekend.
!ALIVE

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!LUV I hope you do get to put down some roots now. That will be so good for the soul hehe. Scotland is a beautiful choice. I will definitely be back again and again. I'll have to catch up on the journey from the start through your blog x

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Thank you kindly @samsmith1971 👋🏻😊
It will be perfect for the soul. Love the raw nature up here. Almost no people around all the time. It’s so quiet in the night, so dark… epic in every way.
Wished I had more time to explore entirely Scotland 😎🤓 hahaha think I won’t manage in my lifetime… it is vast and stunning in every corner.
That’s cool 😎 thanks for that!
Have an awesome new week 👋🏻
!LUV

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Part of the world I would love to have lived in, visited but did not linger long enough.....

Icy road conditions your hubby did well, we drivers from warmer climates don't have a clue how to handle a vehicle on slippery wet stuff !LOLZ

!LUV your new adventure and look forward to the exploring now you have eventually arrived!

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That’s nice to hear. It is such a stunning part of this world @joanstewart 😊
I had traveled before to the UK and Scotland once, but never lived here. It’s exciting…

He did really well for a first. At the moment the snow is already melted. And now the green colours of nature are showing. Beautiful. Can’t wait to share more with you.

Thank you so much, so much to explore… soon I share more 👋🏻😊
Happy weekend!
!PIZZA

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Plenty scrambling to do in the region, you have many years of fun ahead! Enjoy !LUV

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A new world for you to explore and so different from Spain.
My wife has been to Scotland and my eldest daughter lives close by in UK, but I have never been and your photos held me transfixed. I think that are will also come alive Spring and in Summer it will have beautiful landscapes. Much for you to look forward to.
!PIZZA

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It sure is so different from all the countries I have lived in.
That’s pretty cool she has been to Scotland and your daughter lives close by.
Maybe you should visit it one day too Zac 👋🏻😎

The landscape that popped out underneath the snow, now that it is melted. Is stunning. The colours of the earth, the green nature… all around, just wow.
Will share more this week 😎 yep, can’t wait to see all seasons 🥰
Have a great weekend!
!LUV

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Maybe one day we will plan a visit, but time is not our own 😉
In my mind I have already seen all of the seasons and they are beautiful my friend.

Have a look at "Constable artist" to see what I see in my mind about your place. He was one of the best landscape painters and I am sure that you will also love his work.
Hope that the new week will be filled with adventures for you guys.
!PIZZA

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Who knows, maybe… I understand Zac.

They are, in your mind or in real. Always beautiful.

I will have a look tomorrow 😎🤓 thanks for that.
Thank you so much, up to more great adventures 👋🏻🤓 have a happy week to my friend, both of you!
Take care, !PIZZA

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Thank you for your understanding of the issue Jackie.
They are not only in my mind, but also in my heart.

I bet that you are going to love the Constable paintings 😊
Good luck then with your adventures and enjoy. I hope that you guys will also have a great week.
!PIZZA

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You are welcome Zac anytime 👋🏻😊

Yep, love it, very romantic and classic… thanks for sharing 🙏🏻
Thank you so much, cheers to many new adventures 🍻
Have a great week.

!PIZZA

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Enjoy your new world Jackie!
!PIZZA

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I am… fully… every second of it.
We had a wild deer 🦌 walk through the garden last night 🥰
How can I not enjoy with all of this around me.
!ALIVE

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Glad to hear and that wild deer sounds like a great experience.
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It is… we saw a whole herd in the fields the next day 😊😎 stunning.
Have a wonderful Friday Zac 👋🏻
!ALIVE

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Ah! Hopefully you got the herd on camera ?
Friday was good and I hope your weekend is good Jackie 😊
!LOLZ

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Yes I did… on my proper camera… will edit some photos when I have time and share them 😎😊

Good to hear. Enjoy your weekend my friend!
!PIZZA

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Great! We are still struggling with power cuts here and don't forget to tag me in the post, as I don't have time to search.

May you guys have a great new week.
!PIZZA

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Ok, will keep it in mind to tag you 🦌🦌🦌
Thank you so much, and may you guys have a great week too.

!PIZZA

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Good and I have to hurry, as we are switched off again at 8pm. (45 minutes from now)
Blessings and !PIZZA

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Hope you managed all you wanted before the switch off again.
Blessings and a !PIZZA

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Not really, but at least I could get all of the replies done 😉
And here's a !PIZZA also for you Jackie, to go with the blessings!

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A shame that it is restricting you so much Zac…
Sending much love 🤗
Thanks for the pizza
!LUV

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Such is life, is all that I can say Jackie.
My pleasure and here's another !PIZZA with !LUV of course.

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I so understand life and it’s challenges Zac… I so do…
Got some new ones myself too.

Thank you so much 😊 much appreciated!
!LOL
!ALIVE

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Like us, I am sure that you will cope with your challenges my friend!

My pleasure 😊

!PIZZA
!LOL

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Thanks Zac, I (we) will… there are always ways.
It looks like we will have to move countries again 🤓

Enjoy your Monday ☀️🌺
!LOL

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And you know most of the ways !LOL
So soon, or in the future?

Monday is gone and enjoy your Tuesday 😊

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Yep I do…
Probably in the next months… (I have until June) Residency was refused Brexit related. We never ever expected that. As they guided us since November what to do and fill in. 😔
I will enjoy my Tuesday for sure.
I’m going to go through some captures 📸 from last night… we could see the northern lights 😎 although I am in the wrong spot for it, I saw a little part of it. Yay, hope one photo is usable 🍀🍀
Have a beautiful Tuesday too Zac 👋🏻😊

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Unbelievable and isn't there some way that you guys can appeal the refusal? This sounds very serious to me and was it me, I will for sure fight against it?

Here is one of my bad photos again today, as my zoom was not ready. A very rare chance and I saw it at the last moment, so I simply aimed and fired.

I also hope that some of your photos of those lights are perfecto for publishing.

Tuesday is done and have a good Wednesday Jackie.

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I know, it’s crazy. At this point with the info we have from the gov and lawyer. We can appeal (2 ways to do so) but it will be just to give us a few more months. And in the time it takes (waiting time for reply is beyond 6 months) we plan for a country move as no other options are left. I am fighting, but it is at their decision. Even though they miss informed us. Sigh…
We work it out and we find a spot to go to. It’s sad. But sometimes that’s life and we have to make the best out of a bad situation. 🤓

You know… it’s a pretty cool shot. Even though not in focus. It looks like a watercolour painting to me.

I will have a closer look in the next days when I find a gap. I did upload them to the laptop though. Got rid of a few that didn’t show anything when I was trying out settings hahaha.
Will post about the aurora and let you know.

Thank you Zac have a good Wednesday too 😊🌺👋🏻

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Oy Vay, if such an incident came my way, I will fight it tooth and nail for some repatriations from the advisors. But yes, in the end the fact remains that you guys will have to move and I feel for you.
Life knows how to play tricks on us and I am sure that something, somewhere are reserved for you guys.

A watercolor it is 😊 !LOL

Well, I only hope that you will have something to show for your efforts and looking forward to the aurora shots.

Hope that your Wednesday is also good Jackie.

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I know… but let’s fight the battles I can win, so I don’t add more grief to it. As it is enough right now. Life has its challenges I can tell you. I go with it and make the best out of the situation. We need to move on so We just go with plan D 🤓
Thank you so much, it will… and all will be fine.

Still had no time to go through them. But will try in the next days. 😉
Thank you Zac, have a wonderful Friday!
!ALIVE

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Oh yes, I also walk away from battles that I can't win and many times from battles that I can win.
I have a solid belief in "what you sow, you will reap" and no need for me to add to another's burdens, as I have enough of my own.
You might win with plan D and let's hope that it doesn't get to plan Z 😮 !LOL

No hurry, as you have many other priorities to sort out 😉
Hope that at least your Saturday is not bad Jackie 🙏

!PIZZA

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Yep, exactly… with life experiences we had and by the sounds you too, we know when to step away.
Let’s hope plan D will work hahaha nope, don’t want to think of another plan …. Yet hahaha 😜 nope, let’s not go there 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 !LOL

We made the best out of our Saturday… it was lovely. Today we go for a hike. So it will be a lovely day.
Yesterday I sorted out and filed the paperwork needed to give me a few more months here. (I can stay 6 months on my passport) So I bought some time for us to sort out things properly.

Have a wonderful Sunday Zac 👋🏻😊☀️🌺
!ALIVE

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You are right and it's always best to run away, as then you can fight another day when the conditions are on your side 😉

Let's hope that it doesn't get to any further than plan D 😉 LOL

Glad that you guys had a great day and I hope that this Sunday is also kind to you Jackie.

!PIZZA
6 months will give you a bit of more space to sort the main issues out methinks 🙏

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Thank you so much Zac.
Let’s hope it stays with plan D 🤞🏻🤞🏻😊

It was a nice Sunday too. Out in nature… one can think and recharge.

Yes, enough time for us. 😎
Have a wonderful new week 👋🏻☀️
!ALIVE

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Oh yes and that is also what we are hoping for Jackie.
Nature is the very best for recharging purposes.

Time is of the essence and your week also be good.
!LOL

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Thank you Zac!
!PIZZA
Have a beautiful Tuesday 👋🏻😊

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Always a pleasure and I hope that your Tuesday was also good Jackie.
!PIZZA

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It was a good Tuesday Zac. Been photographing the snow and birdies in the garden ☃️☃️
Good night.
!ALIVE

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Great to see Jackie and my daughter video called me from the UK this morning to show her walking barefoot in the snow.
Good afternoon.
!LOLZ

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That’s so cool, she has snow too there.
It’s so beautiful Zac, loving it. ☃️☃️☃️
!LOL

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I so wish to one day also see the snow, as we have none of it here.
!LOL

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Maybe you will one day Zac ☃️☃️
!LOL

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One never knows what the future holds my friend 😉 !LOL

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Nope we don’t and that’s good… !LOL

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Just as well, as if we knew what the future holds, then we will try to corrupt it. !LOL

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Yes, that’s the first thing man would do hehehe 🤭
!LOL

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God's wisdom is so unsearchable 😮
!PIZZA

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It is…
!LOL

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That was an epic post, the perfect fit for an epic move! You teased us a lot until you reveal your destination but it was fun to travel with you guys through your posts :)
My best wishes for a wonderful stay to your new home!

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Thanks a lot @fotostef 😎😊it was indeed an epic move…
Hahaha I did, naughty me. !LOL
We did have loads of fun and I am happy I could share the parts of this journey with you 😊

Thank you 🙏🏻 have a great new week ☀️🌺 enjoy…
!ALIVE

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