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First time 1. Wearing a full #costume +2. Thats #spooky +3. In public +4. In #October!!! 🦇🎈🎃 There was a tiny cheap entry comic con a city over so we went there. Went as a #Mimikyu setup... Sorta. (Pikachu #onesie, skeleton gloves, black tshirt with cat face... My new shoes which deserve their own post, and dollar store face paint) Was called #Pikachu and #Denki (#denkikaminari - likely cause pulled the sleeves off to wear it via hood and legs so i could use a cooler shirt... The onesie is hot as the devils taint i swear. Had fun anyway! A mini Darth Vader with an eyepatch made my night, i only wish i saw her do the force choke gesture before she looked away so i coulda reacted. 💙 Also visited the local comic store after for more excuse to wear the stuff. xD #pokemon #gottalookinto #myheroacedamia #forhumanpikachu #ghost #fairy #dangglasses #getinthevan? #igotcandy?? #iwishigotcandy #enjoyedreactions #metsomereallynicepeople #ineedfriendslol https://www.instagram.com/p/B4GAkubHssR/?igshid=cp6m0h03ueop

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Museum Of Scottish Lighthouses.  http://lighthousemuseum.org.uk/lighthouse.  That is where I went on a Sunday afternoon back in May 2016.   I remember thinking that if I could not find a bus back well then I was in big trouble.  Staying positive and hoping that I would not get lost, I began my journey. https://www.nlb.org.uk/LighthouseLibrary/Lighthouse/Kinnaird-Head/

One of the best things that I love about Scottish food is that I can usually find some hot soup and brown bread with a lovely coffee and that very cloudy drizzly day had me hoping that the tea room inside the lighthouse would be open after my journey.  

This day, I found myself on a long bus journey from Aberdeen to the Kinnaird Head Lighthouse in Fraserburgh.  Leaving the bus, I walked through town which was quiet and gray.  Sunday morning I am sure most were at church and or sleeping or resting.  

I found my way to the Lighthouse and much to my delight, it was still open!  Sometimes places closed early.  I went in and was told when the next tour was.  I looked around the gift shop.  I love to collect keyrings and pens and magnets.  So of course I purchased a few.  I looked around inside at the display of photos and description of the Lighthouse.

The Kinnaird Head Lighthouse Museum

Just look at the glass… its amazing

I loved walking around this really nice musuem

Inside the Museum at Kinnaird Head Lighthouse

Still inside the museum. So much history

There was a couple that took the tour with me and later in this post I get to tell you how generous and nice they were to me on that cool gray day on a Sunday.  

The view as we walked to the lighthouse

Impressive yet peaceful

I love taking pictures of all the signs

Great description of where I was headed

Another description of the lighthouse

Here we go!

  I must admit, just having the three of us in the tour made it so much easier to hear all the small details by the tour guide and allowed more questions.  The day it seemed was a good day for this!  Now, I hoped that I would make the bus back to Aberdeen and not miss it!  I am so happy I went to the lighthouse that day!  Not only did I see an amazing lighthouse, I met some incredible people.  

The workshop where the lighthouse keeper worked.

We went in where the lighthouse keepers lived

Great map!

More of the workshop

Check out this old record player

I loved the radio.. all the old school stuff preserved so well

The chair and bed for the lighthouse keeper

I am sure this tiny stove warmed up many a meal

I love this view of the staircase and yes I climbed it!

I can’t imagine how bright this could get

View from the top!!!

The beautiful North Sea

A view from the top

I bet the water is cold

So high up!

Imagine the ships that passed through here

So beautiful

  Afterward I went to the tea room and had some yummy soup and bread and a cappuccino.  This is when the couple I had toured with started a more in depth conversation with me, even buying my cappuccino.  Dave and Pam own the Aurora Guest House in Aberdeen.  http://www.auroraguesthouse.com/index.php/en/.   I found out that my hostel was very close to their B&B.  They were at the lighthouse that day to check it out and see if would be a good recommendation for their guests.  It turned out to be an amazing day with amazing people!  

It seemed that I would not get a bus back to Aberdeen and Dave and Pam offered to take me back!  Wow, I kept thinking to myself, the kindness and generosity I have had experienced in Scotland was pretty amazing, especially for a California girl.  In my next post I will post my pictures and journey I took with this amazing couple!!

As always, comments or corrections are appreciated!  

  Tiaraidh an dràsda

Sheri

        #kinnairdheadlighthouse #lighthouse #scotland #ilovescotland #wherewillyoubeinayear #singlefemaletraveler #whatanawesomeday #metsomereallynicepeople Museum Of Scottish Lighthouses.  That is where I went on a Sunday afternoon back in May 2016.