We met a Scottish lassie some years back
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325204)
Rockingham, Australia
August 3, 2021 8:23pm CST
I was searching for ‘Achmelvich, Scotland’ as MrGoodieFoodie ( @JimBo452020) has been writing about his holiday experiences in Scotland. Our son ‘woofed’on the west coast in the late 1990s. He was based just outside a village called Achmelvich. WOOF stands for ‘willing workers on organic farms’.
We switch now to the Nullarbor Plain in Australia. There was a Scottish girl serving in one of the road houses, and she and Vin were chatting about the west coast of Scotland and Lochinvar was mentioned. The girl said she was from near there but she hadn’t met anyone who had ever heard of her village. It turned out the place was ‘Achmelvich’. The girl was blown away and thrilled to bits to learn that we’d been there. She was a very long way from home.
The photo is from the croft where our son was working. There used to be a small mill here. If you look carefully, just to the left of the circular ruins, you might be able to see a grinding stone.
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@RasmaSandra (73133)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Aug 21
That is a very beautiful place, And once again it was proven how small the world actually it, How nice to have met her and for her to have met you since you have been to her village,
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@FourWalls (61889)
• United States
4 Aug 21
Oh, that’s so beautiful. Wouldn’t you love to just sit there for hours and soak in the beauty???
And you’re right, you never know! It’s a small world. I ran into a couple at a restaurant in Key West….well, guess where they were from: Kentucky, just like me!
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@FourWalls (61889)
• United States
4 Aug 21
@JudyEv — with those long treks you really have no choice but to sit for hours and enjoy the beauty (and catch your breath!).
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@JudyEv (325204)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Aug 21
@FourWalls That's so true. Here is a sunset from the area. Breath-catching in a different way.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
4 Aug 21
Scotland is one of my favorite places to visit. i have only been twice, but was mesmerized both times
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@JudyEv (325204)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Aug 21
@DocAndersen I can't really imagine eating an eel or even handling it.
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@DocAndersen (54413)
• United States
4 Aug 21
@JudyEv well that is true - there are many wonderful places to go, Catching eels sounds like a hard job.
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@snowy22315 (169519)
• United States
5 Aug 21
It looks peaceful,small world. Woof I love it!
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@JudyEv (325204)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Aug 21
Woof is a great term, isn't it? Couch-surfing is another one - very descriptive. lol
@allknowing (130067)
• India
5 Aug 21
What a happy rendezvous that must have been
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16521)
• China
6 Aug 21
I see the grinding stone with a hole at the centre.Small wonder the girl was surprised.She never had thought you had been to Achmelvich.
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@JudyEv (325204)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Aug 21
Thanks. It was quite a remote and rugged spot but we met a man there who was catching baby eels in the river.
@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
4 Aug 21
We were there on holiday.
Two weeks ago
About an hour north of Ullapool
Pretty little place but a bit remote for me
it was a lovely day and there were loads of tourists.
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@JudyEv (325204)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Aug 21
@JimBo452020 I can understand that.
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@JimBo452020 (42629)
• United Kingdom
5 Aug 21
@JudyEv
If its not big on outdoor activities in the winter no point on staying open
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@JudyEv (325204)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Aug 21
It happens from time to time. You run into people with some sort of connection from time to time.
@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
4 Aug 21
Wow so amazing picture. I love to be with there in this scary time. I have read that name or word Lochinvar when I was a child. I cannot identify which one is the grinding stone in the photo, so far it is a very captivating photo.
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@JudyEv (325204)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Aug 21
The grinding stone is round with a hole in the middle.
@LindaOHio (155391)
• United States
4 Aug 21
Small world. I love speaking to Scottish folk. The accent is beyond charming. Lovely picture.
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