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| A final selection of images from the Morayshire town of Nairn, featuring a few of the shops. |
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| Caledonian Craft Collections |
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| Two places to eat. |
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| Nairn Tandoori. |
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| The brightly coloured taxi office. |
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| I couldn't resist taking a photo of this particular shop! |
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| House furnishers. |
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| The Nairn Pet Shop |
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| One of the attractions of visiting Consiton, as far as I am converned, is the chance to sample a beer or three from the Coniston Brewing Company at the Black Bull pub. |
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| The rear of the brewery with a large pile of casks glostening in the sun. (Pic - Lynda Braithwaite). |
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| The Black Bull. the brewery is located at the rear. |
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| Their latest award. Those scones look tasty! |
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| The beer (barley wine) that makes it all worthwhile! The quite superb, 'No.9 Barley Wine.' |
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| There are only a handful of shops in Coniston, one of which is Halls of Coniston for toys. |
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| The Village Store. |
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| Coniston Gifts and Sports |
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| The oddly named Greenhouse Keeper Cafe. |
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| The Sun Hotel in its elevated position. |
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| The Dafodils are out! |
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| Sign in a shop window. |
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| This strange looking contraption was an 'oil cake breaker' - whatever that was! |
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| The bus shelter in Coniston. |
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| The town of Nairn is on the Moray coast. It was a former busy fixshing port and is situated 16 miles east of Inverness. It was the former County town of Nairnshire. |
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| A view towards the main street at the top of the hill. |
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| Nairn County are the town's Highland League football team. |
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| A quiet afternoon in Nairn. |
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| The west end of the main shopping street. |
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| There is an hourly bus service to Coniston at this time of the year from Windermere, via Ambleside and Hawkshead. Having got off of this bus myself, other passengers start to board for the return trip. |
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| Looking along Tilberthwaite Avenue. |
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| And in the opposite direction. |
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| Looking towards the Black Bull pub. |
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| The Parish Church of St. Andrew. |
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| A nice stained glass window. |
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| The Church organ. |
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| The Church banner. |
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| Over the bridge in Yewdale Road. |
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| There was still a bit of snow on the mountain tops. |
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| The Coniston Institute. |
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| As the name suggests, Ness Islands are alongside the River Ness in Inverness. The towers of the Cathedral can just be seen in the far distance. The Islands are a popular walk with tourists and locals alike, being the home to a number of imported species of trees and also home to wildlife such as bats and otters, and the occasional deer. |
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| A carpet of flowers. A few days after this photograph was taken the whole area would have been very colourful. |
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| A small, wooded cutting. |
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| One of the many paths through Ness Islands. |
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| Water flowing into the River Ness. |
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| There is something very hypnotic and peaceful about the sound of flowing water. |
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| The town of Ambleside, being a tourist 'honeypot,' has many food outlets as can be seen from the following images. This one shows Peggy's Bakery and the Lucky Dragon Take Away. |
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| With a little snow still lying outside, one very much doubts if the Lakeland Ice Cream shop did much of a trade on this particular day. |
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| Did the dog get anything from the Apple Pie shop. Their Chelsea buns are well worth trying! |
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| Silver Moon, an alternative gift shop. |
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| The Giggling Goose Cafe, adjacent to the Wool Shop and the Opticians. |
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| Rattle Gill Cafe. |
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| Henry Roberts Bookshop. |
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| More food? The Picnic Bar Sandwiches, next to Horsman's the Jewellers. |
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| I absolutely love fudge, so The Old Bridge House Fudge Shop was a huge temptation! |
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| Below Stairs Kitchen Shop. |
