The lake is mediaeval fort
The island below the sky
A silent island, let your take up one‘s quarters, savour the emotional appeal of life elsewhere slowly.
Isle Of Skye? Island of C Si Kai, look from the map, this grows about 80 kilometers, the widest place is less than the isle of 8 kilometers, list the remotest corners of the earth of bump in old cloth namely almost. Actually it is Scotland also be northernmost islands greatly most. And on a hillside that this villatic brigade that we stay abandons seating to fall on this cape.
Carry pair of rock on the back, face the sea. Everyday early morning opens an eye, I bend over to go up in the window of attic, too impatient to wait and sea will one time be opposite inspect. My eye shot place and, until day border district makes the same score a line. Again far, tian Shuirong is monochromatic, boundless, the person has the place with invisible eyesight. Rub the double eye that rubs acid to ache, the look falls in vicinity, yi La also returns float to wear on green offing an isle. Because had it, scenery not because of aerospace broadness Xu Miao. Vicinity is gently fluctuant meadow, 35 strewn at random rooms abandon concealed in green now covert, have the wind of archaic dorp quite.
Brigade is abandoned outside have a big gently lawn. There is a platform that is faced with the sea over there. There is on platform round-table, still have a few chairs. Live the person that be here likes early morning to sit over to drink coffee, hoping the sea is bemused. All over bath is in downy, fresh, in baby firstborn sun‘s rays. At the moment, there are 1000 kinds of commons to read aloud namely in the heart, also must by around move your clever gas erodes neatly.
Everyday I worry about love this place is too dark, happy do not think of return. Who can abandon stay away from home again should get married? The richest 5 everybody on Scotland history are originally here a group of things with common features one of — the one place country in the countless real estate that Maikedangna owns is villatic. As times changes, familial sink into and became the brigade that open to the outside world to abandon.
Antique building becomes a public house, in Ying Lun can be found everywhere on 3 islands. Although nowadays aristocratic spirit also must to commercialize concession, but be in fine point, you still can see of here and average public house different savour.
Although here is far from this world, but from in what outside arriving, go out fully is one “ “ feeling.
Enter the manorial entrance that does not see an entrance door, it is to join extremely big tree completely all around. Green Yin Nong is thick, bird moves back and forth.
Enter ‘ ‘ the sign in place of the doorway, it is a piece of very small desk only. A piece of white paper has been placed already on the desk, there is your name above, room number, an antiquated long handle key is awaiting your arrival silently.
Cannot see computer downstage, the phone also is placed in inconspicuous corner. When your baggage just took the door already by chamber of a face red attack the boy that attack carried a building. At the moment, what you face is one pair lies on round-backed armchair only the doll to your make eyes.
The pressure that new environment goes to first was released at a draught.
Sit before the fireplace of first floor living room, the sofa with dependable massiness, the curtain with composed and elegant colour, gu Xianggu‘s lubricious carpet, what an old canvas has hyperbole to come out more is nostalgic, times seems went backwards 229 years.
Yi Na walks over. She is a clerk resembling again is goodwife. Her conveniently added a dry bavin in past fireplace, ask you at the same time, it is to want to drink coffee or tea. Or, she is pointing to the whisky bottle with a differ height, sample casually please.
Regrettablly I do not drink, and for the person that to a lot of going to Scotland upland travel goes vacationing, the glamour of whisky is blocked really hard.
I selected the dish site of dinner, he Yina removes a day to come a little.
According to graceful it is a German girl. The isle below this sky is set foot on 4 years ago, hate to part with left. Be confused to go up by her at the same time, it is a Scotland boy. But reason of this paragraph of romantic passion is done not have abiding. The boy is a persistent handicraft person, insist to live the life of autarky. All woodcarving work use handiwork completely fine carve is fine grind, need not machine, also do not compromise with the market, day poor, aloof and proud. Although the girl is right his be passionately devoted, also cannot get used to the life with day life insular month finally… the story is not move one to praises and tears, but between visible also ideal and reality struggle each corners that produce alive group.
The ring of dinner rang, I still want to sit a little while more in the sitting room. The flame in fireplace sparkles jump, according to mirrorring according to graceful Na Zhangjiao the United States is bright and clean, the face with distinct lines. She that pair big in round eye, trenchant extensive is worn a tear is smooth.
The letter is not believed by you, a lot of sceneries on Si Kai island very the landscape painting that resembles China. The water of one bay lake that for instance famous old person stone unloads. There is isle of an overgrow piny on surface. The boat of a go angling silently berth is on the lake, sit the person of aboard is asleep like motionless. Let you have a kind of feeling that does not know to be in where personally. It is to be on an island of contemporary Europe, be still the China of face of archaic the Song Dynasty?
Lake heart isle
Arrive from Tai Redu Duonage
If not be too expensive, time is driven closely again, the force that wants to be called The Torridon Hotel in this really is abandoned stay a few days more.
This brigade is abandoned a village) is like in peaceful of Torridon Village (. Face Tai Redu lake not to say, still breaking back hill to. Hero of this hill imposing manner is held high, if set upright the big screen since unexpectedly. Because the distance is far, there is a room to abandon again below the foot of a hill, do not feel have oppressive feeling. Let suddenly see the light of person breadth of mind however.
This hotel, I need not brigade is abandoned using a public house was to expend mug-up to think of. I cannot bear heart general distinctive is unique architectural, the stay ground that is far from a city calls a hotel. But The Torridon Hotel is famous one of it is the public house that has more than 300 kinds of whisky, can weighs the inn of wine. But most those who let us be reluctant to leave is not wine it is cate.
Allegedly the chef here ever had won European cook large award, craft is uncommon. Dinner does not order dishes by the guest, arrange single-handed by him completely. See his self-confidence. Fortunately Aberdonian majority already contained meal in hotel room cost, need not worry pay do not have costly big food.
That is unforgettable dinner really.
Altogether 4 dish. The head is to use local langouste to boil local Xian Shang together. There is small cup of a cannikin on white porcelain dish, thick Xian Shang shows golden scene, already made a person all one‘s life unforgettable readily only. Delicious, full-bodied, boil slowly with langouste come out the tip of the tongue that elite soup juice is pacifying you, flow into your stomach again, an energy with a kind of unruffled warmth is created inside body.
It is egg roll of 3 article fish then. Prandial it is flesh of a beefsteak tenderloin take ham. Finally is a desert — there is bright strawberry on ice cream. Flavour of grandma of ice cream delicacy is dye-in-the-wood, the bright milk that the milk cow that is place produces is made. Water it may not be a bad idea is drunk, here has here well water, still have oneself vegetable garden. I see all sorts of feeding in the vegetable garden material, chef arranges the guest‘s eat to feed according to season, a week does not weigh appearance. Regrettablly we cannot sample one by one.
What there still is one to carry here is its library. You are OK after eat be enmeshed a little while in ancient Tibet book. The service is born to ask you stealthily, should come is a cup of coffee life-giving? Differ meeting, sweet strong coffee is placed before you. Still a few just carbonadoed the small biscuit that go out.
The static lake outside the window is showing Yin Guang in the dim light of night, far hill already looked to not be clear about.
Qing Qing‘s hill
Fish how to fly on table
We sit down before the table that relies on a window, look at the bay outside the window. Maritime a fisher forward this cafeteria sails come, tell exactly, it is the kitchen after running quickly to cafeteria continuously.
Seeing this is a chophouse that has 78 pieces of tables only only, how many person is attracted, just have dozen of oneself fishermen because of it, seafood is scooped up from the sea, direct carry arrives kitchen cook, as the fish fly on table directly.
Lunch to here best, can see the fisher that goes to sea in the morning just arrives harbor. The kitchen also received an announcement to catch what new fresh foods today ahead of schedule. You can issue menu.
We nodded steamed mussel, scamper whitefish, seafood salad.
Fragrance of that blast fish is tangy, put into the mouth loose and goluptious, as if to still contain little saline taste of seawater.
Lunch at the same time, treat the lake at the same time, worry can forget it seems that between this heaven and earth.
The artist in a haven of peace
I am curious all the time the artist is how to live on the isle below the sky. See many gallery all the way, an album of paintings of atelier and mobile advertisement, be in this ground wide person‘s rare place, artistic activity ases if very active.
He? Move the dense long beard like Marx, concealed went his age. His bend over is drawing sketch in what draw brushstroke of the brushstroke on the case, do not care about the world outside much faster much more wonderful.
He tells us, he and the do cameraman wife seventeen years ago arrive on the isle sketchy, fell in love with this a haven of peace. They move the home to here from Canada, live in what moorland upper cover removed him room hold gallery concurrently. One paints local view, have a kind of form only, very fine very delicate sketch landscape; One films local local customs, do not give an isle beyond.
We are in this small gallery enjoy oneself so much as to forget to leave, pass through that one careful, the scenery sketch of high and steep of style of writing, lifelike of one frame frame, find a view is clever video, saw this pair of couples be full of to his living ground have deep love for.
I still cannot avoid custom want, does their source of income rely on to sell a picture to you can be maintained merely?
He saw the question in my eye it seems that. Laugh slightly say, it is our happiest life these seventeen years. Our income is enough maintain austere, happy life.
His him depict in brushstroke brushstroke work when, always emerging on the face honest and sincere, contented smile.
Outside the window, the open country of stretch to the horizon, extensive sky. Walk out of room of this black white to abandon, bright blossomy flower bed is before the courtyard, cultivating in backyard fruit is scanty, besides gallinaceous duck, still have a puppy, of scamper about catch butterfly.
I bought his sketch, as if to move the picture of a haven of peace of a contemporary edition come home.
Su Qian is a potter. The whole of modelling of teacup of pottery and porcelain that she does is plain, natural and graceful, resemble she herself same temperament. I chat in her atelier and her, visit her kiln, fetal porcelain sample, learned knowledge of many manual Tao Yi. After retiring from Canada, she migrates Scotland small town to come up with the husband. Enjoy quiet life to do Tao Yi at the same time at the same time. The job that sees her to the tourist of here stop on the way for a rest just gave the work of furnace in lane, buy dirty souvenir in succession. The person that also have many ordering comes from world each district. My settle on an ivory contented teacup, she says to this is only, of other already was ordered smooth. Look her economic benefits is good also.
I often use this contented cup to drink coffee in the home later, fill inside full Aberdonian life emotional appeal.
Gu Bao and flower
Encounter good person
Casual the car is gotten into a country canal. It is not to have interest one time unexpectedly.
Is today? Do obeisance to a day, the crowd with neat dress is emerging from cathedral. They still cherish pair of sacred respect probably, to the contented feeling of the life, there is a smile on the face.
Local appears very conservative. When an Asia woman to their ask the way, the eyes just was contacted, sheer immediately, bashful li of summary belt is curious. Chat with the person rise, just become aware piece they are honest, candid.
Dorp no matter size, always have a cathedral, there always is garden of a grave by cathedral.
This grave garden stands by roadside, a thing of past and full of stains or spots iron can‘t park a car before the gate. But build on the wall still let a person give birth to devoir suddenly at the model of written characters of 1448.
Gravestone heavy stands silently over. Rare rare sunshine is aspersed in bespread lichenous grave on. The gravestone with tall short height or broken or antiquated, as if about a hundred years to cross new host without occupy, but growing a lot of flowers however. There is vicissitudes of life not only in grave garden, still give moving the milk of human kindness fully.
A vintage bicycle stops in grave garden, backlash is carrying a small a large bamboo or wicker basket on the back, full green grass and small shovel are filled in basket. A middleaged person that wears canvas coverall is staying in the careful cleared fireweed on the ground. He is the person that defend a grave, still bury the family member pay respects to sb at his tomb that be here for oneself?
When leaving grave garden, that silent and simple middleaged person stands up suddenly, a little cabined say hello to to us. He is big tall, outline bestrews furrow on trenchant facial chamber, still have a pair of eyes of pure blue. I fear he can say, what stranger ought not to come round to disturb this graveyard is quiet. And he tells us however, drive an ancestry a bend must take care. “You see not easily on come car, be breakneck! “ his accentuation mood says.
This ability understands why grave garden gate doesn‘t set a vehicle. As it happens of a wall held off the line of sight, invisible right string sails the car that come.
Before our bend start off, see he introduces to a bicycle hastily only, the station looks to come head on on the highway opposite side car. Next gesticulation signal can be passed.
Still say without there‘s still time “ thank “ , that good intention person already turned over ride a bicycle to go gradually gradually far. The grass that sees backlash go up only Qing Qing.
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