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I’ve been coming to Plockton since I was a baby, as my Granny owned the hotel. The doors of all the houses used to be left open, and I knew who lived behind each one. Even when I was little, the beautiful gem like colours, which each household chose to paint their windows and doors, delighted me. Some parts of the village are very vibrant and bright, while others are more subtle pastels. But it was the sheer mix and variety which pleased my eye so much, and fired my imagination. I’ve chosen some of the more vibrant runs of houses for this colourful rainbow post.
I think the primary rainbow colours take me back to childhood, and a love of bright colour. It’s as though we’ve taken a box of crayons and coloured in the doors and windows, just as the fancy took us. Just like spring flowers bursting out in vivid splashes, these colourful streets bring a smile to my lips and lift my spirits.
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Just the love the colors.
Thanks, the colours have enchanted me since I was a kid….very different from Edinburgh 🙂
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Only one ord for it really …. Adorable 🙂
These are such beautiful, happy photos of a great little village. I’d love to visit Scotland and particularly Tobermorey on the Mull. Perhaps one day!
Wonderful memories of childhood. Very well captured. Great ‘color’ gallery.
Smart work… 😀
Beautiful, as always. I’m wondering whether folks in your part of the world experience more than their share of rainy and gloomy weather such that brightly colored homes tend to brighten dreary days? Nice colors. Thoughtful topic. Thanks for brightening my evening. D
Always happy to brighten your evening 🙂 that’s a good, but complex question about the rain. Last year for example the whole of Britain had a terrible summer (Edinburgh definitely included) it was cold and dull and quite often wet, but the North West ofScotland had near drought conditions and endless weeks of sun. Normally July and August are the wettest months up in Plockton ( school summer holidays over here) so lots of people visit at this time, but I would tend to avoid ! However it was perfect last year!
It’s been so dry up there this winter that they are having lots wild fires, and the whole place s on high fire alert! So it’s all rather unpredictable.
We have been very dry here too … but are expecting rain today. Joanna says that all the green things will very much appreciate it. Have a great day. D.
Lovely splashes of color, though a bit timid compared to the houses in the Caribbean or elsewhere where the entire house is painted a bright color. But for a central European area, it’s probably quite bold! Those primroses definitely are spring’s official representatives.
Yeah, just wee splashes of colour 🙂 There are whole houses painted, but they are mostly pastel shades of pink or yellow….nothing as bold as the Caribbean here I’m afraid.
What a delightful village, I love the idea of colouring them in in with crayons. Thanks for calling into my blog because I can now follow yours
So glad you enjoyed visiting, maybe we could colour in together 🙂 Korea looks wonderful and in fact we ate in a Korean restaurant on Friday night. The food was delicious.
Did you have the Korean barbeque that you cook at your table?
No, but what we had was great. Seafood omelettes and fried dumplings, followed by beef and squid in a yummy sauce, and some kind of rice vodka!
yum was it Soju the rice vodka? It is very potent…
Yes, my nephew, who has moved over from Australia, took us because he was missing all the Asian food he was used to back in Melbourne. He picked the Soju, and they brought tiny little shot glasses for us to drink from. You’re right about its strength, I didn’t need very much, but it was delicious, very smooth 🙂
Yes we have a few stories about Soju, very potent drink…
I don’t remember Plockton looking like that when I was there!
Those dazzling photos since I last visited make me long to revisit and take a more leisured ramble through Scotland. The names alone have a kind of gradeur and romance.
Grandeur, flippit! There is a poetic quality to them. Plockton is a bit of a contrast in that direction, though. It seems to have more of an English ring to it.
That’s because it’s the Anglicised version of the Gaelic name, as are all the place names around here 🙂 in Gaelic it’s called Am Ploc or Ploc Loch Aillse. Am Ploc is what my Granny called it. Ploc means bump or lump or pimple!
Ah, thanks for that.
I canna abide these Sassenachs meddling wi’ names!
Well they do make it easier to pronounce and read…so they’re good for something these Sassenachs 🙂
That isn’t good – it is just pandering to their own laziness.
They were too lazy even to try and find a solution for our Tweebuffelsmeteenskootmorsdoodgeskietfontien!
Lol, now that’s a proper name challenge 🙂 And it would need an enormously long sign!
These are beautiful photos. Great job!
Thanks Pat, glad you enjoyed looking 🙂
Wonderful colours! 🙂
They are quite yummy. Primary colours somehow ways transport me back to childhood 🙂
A fairy tale village, Seonaid… and such beautiful photos 🙂
Thanks Paula, it does feel enchanted at times. Strange and wonderful things happen in this tiny village 🙂
Neat and very pretty! I understand your fascination as a child – I think it is fascinating now! Fine and fond memories to go with it too.
I have so many layers of delicious memories from here. We had so much freedom compared to being back in Edinburgh. The place was always full of artists over the summer, so I used to paint here too. It makes a very pretty subject 🙂
That is a lovely, colorful village. Thank you for sharing your sweet memory.
My pleasure, tanks for reading 🙂
This is an amazing village, picture perfect! Thank you for sharing it with us!
I’m very happy that you enjoyed looking at my photos. You can see more of it on the post My Vintage Village 🙂 thanks for visiting
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You did an amazing job of capturing the understated exuberance.
Thanks Charlie, that’s a lovely turn of phrase which fits the village perfectly.
Lovely memory and beautiful colors. Here in the US the houses are pretty drab in comparison to your bright colors. Thanks for sharing.
This is a particularly pretty village, they’re not all as colourful, but glad you enjoyed looking