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Default Some Photos - 06-08-2010, 18:27

Recently I went on a 1 week trip to several islands of the west coast of Scotland. On a trip to Staffa, a small island with interesting rock formations, I took these photos:










It's a metaphor of human bloody existence, a dragon. And if that wasn't bad enough, it's also a bloody great hot flying thing.

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Default 06-08-2010, 19:05

Cool pictures, and a cute puffin!


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Great pictures. Is that the Scottish end of the Giant's Causeway?
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teehee puffin


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Default 06-09-2010, 20:57

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Great pictures. Is that the Scottish end of the Giant's Causeway?
Yes it is - well done for noticing!

The formation extends all the way under the sea between north Ireland and western Scotland


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Default 06-10-2010, 22:36

Haha, funny, I've seen the other end of that! Also, I love puffins, never seen them wild though...


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They were driven close to us by the marauding seagulls.


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Marauding is not a word you get to use every day. Congrats on finding the opportunity to use it in a sentence


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Default 06-11-2010, 11:46

those are some wicked pics
see we have great sceneary in the UK
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It's better in New Zealand, though


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It's better in New Zealand, though
damn, cant beat that
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