Rest and Be Thankful Pass, A83, Arrochar,
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
How many times have you been asked, as you were walking out the door, where you were going and you replied “nowhere”? (When I was younger, that was my default answer). As an answer, it was usually intended as an evasive or flip response, rather than an actual intended destination. But it is really anywhere, and most definitely somewhere.
Perhaps ‘nowhere’ is a state of mind, or an escape. Rather than a physical place, it is your perspective of that place.
What happens when you get there? What if you think you’re in the middle of nowhere (for instance, along an empty mountain pass), and realize you are indeed somewhere quite significant, surrounded by serene beauty with a vibrant or painful history? You are no longer ‘nowhere’.
Glencoe, Scottish Highlands
Personally, I can’t wait to go somewhere again (Scotland, it’s always Scotland) and take multiple motorways and single track roads and foot trails (both on and off the beaten path) to nowhere and know that each time, I’ll arrive somewhere spectacular.
An open gate looks like an invitation to me
A path always leads somewhere
This one leads to Castle Stalker, Loch Laich, Appin
I miss Scotland. I miss it all year ’round, but always more so in the summertime when I’m trying to avoid heatstroke from another triple-digit California Summer. February in Scotland was pretty darn nice.
Rested and thankful
© Dahlia Ramone: August 2, 2020
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This was written for Blogophilia Topic: Highway to Nowhere
Prompts:
(1) use the word ‘heatstroke’
(2) Include a picture you took or a drawing you made *
* All photographs were taken by me
Dahlia Ramone 
The UK in general has been on my bucket list. Maybe when things settle down, I can make a plan.
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There are a few other places in the UK I’d like to visit, but I’ll probably never see them because Scotland always comes first lol!
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Cannot love this enough. So brilliant, so right on. I feel ya sister. LOVE the dreamy winter photos as well..and nice shot of you in your happy place 🙂
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I only took a handful of pictures of me there, wish I had taken a few more. There’s always next time 😀
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Great post! I visited Scotland (and the Scottish Highlands) for the first time this year. I can’t wait to go back (for longer this time)… it somehow felt like home
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Thank you 😀I have been twice. But there is so much more I want to see, I can’t wait to go back (hopefully in a couple years). And I know what you mean, Scotland calls to me like no other place. It feels like home to me as well.
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Great pics, Girl! I always like the look of those Scottish wastes…. ❤
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Thanks, dollface 💗
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Ah, the lure of Brittania
is most sure to lead you
to the highlands desired.
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And in those highlands desired
Perhaps destiny awaits me
Lured by the whispers of the fey
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Some great pictures, I completely understand why you go back. Hope you get to again soon
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Thanks, I am so in love with that place. Hoping to be able to afford to go back in 2022
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Maybe you and the Red Queen should go together? 8 points Earthling
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We do plan to do that again one day 💗
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Scotland sounds great! Actually, anywhere but home sounds good right about now. 🙂
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Ahhhh Scotland has rapidly moved to the top of my bucket list!! Blame it on your pictures and Outlander, haha!! I hope we can all make our trips there soon. Just beautiful!!!
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One of the places I would love to visit
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