Stop trying to fit in with the wrong herd.

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Stop trying to fit in with the wrong herd.
Stop trying to fit in with the wrong herd.

Find other black sheep to hang out with. You won't feel out of place in Ardnamurchan. For diversity we have white sheep too, but these Hebridean beauties populate Kentra Bay area in large numbers, going out on the salt flats to graze on seaweed at low tide. Apparently they like almost anything including bracken and I'm sure I saw one munching on ragwort. They are happy to stand like a protesting mob across the single track road and not care a monkey's about you. But they really are quite adorable, especially the young lambs that develop horns at a surprisingly young age.

But round here the population is so mixed. When we first moved here it seemed a long time before I met anyone who was born and bred on the West coast of Scotland. With my Caithness roots I was almost a local before I arrived. But there are a surprising number of Germans here, South Africans and people from Sussex, Devon and Somerset too. Of course, being a B and B we are seeing lots of 'international' visitors to the area. Particularly Dutch. The yellow front number plate with blue EU tab of Dutch cars makes them stand out in oncoming traffic. So that I know I can get on my wife's wick by calling out Dutch...........Dutch............Double Dutch..........................Dutch......Dutch as we pass them. Harder to spot is the difference between French, German, Italian, Austrian, Belgian, Czech...........just so many of them, going like sheep, on the 'Road to the Isles' heading for Mallaig and a ferry to Skye.

Nope, no matter what breed or colour you are, you won't feel out of place out this way

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Taken on: August 5, 2022
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Camera: Nikon D750, f/8.0, 1/100 sec, 120mm (=180mm), ISO 220 (more info) (hide info)
Camera: Nikon D750
Lens: 24.0-120.0 mm f/4.0
Aperture: f/8.0
Exposure Time: 0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length: 120mm (35mm equivalent: 180mm)
ISO: 220
Exposure Bias: -1 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program: Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode: Auto
Metering Mode: Multi-segment
White Balance: Auto
Sharpness: Hard
Color Space: sRGB
Software: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 11.4.1 (Windows)
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