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Explorer Tom Low Mye offers a shortcut that is absolutely not a shortcut, more like a detour through time and mud. It’s full of flint implements that are just lying around, waiting to be found by someone with no sense of direction. The path winds around itself just for the sake of confusion and character building. Great spot to propose. Or at least to propose lunch.
Explorer Tom Grey Hill made a New Year's resolution to finally grow some proper trees instead of just these weird plant remains. It’s been decades and it still hasn’t delivered the goods. Just some old roots pretending to be history. Bring a pen pal, they'll be jealous.
Explorer Tom West Freugh Airfield has a Commanding Officer's house that thinks it’s royalty because it had a radio once. It’s got officers' quarters that are basically just houses with military pretensions. The airfield is gone, but the house still salutes itself in the mirror. Have a nosey, politely.
Explorer Tom West Freugh gave up chocolate for Lent last year, which is impressive considering how much of it there probably wasn’t to begin with. It’s a farmstead near an airfield, so it feels like it’s always waiting for a plane that’s never coming. Sit on a wall near it and pretend you’re in a painting, because the light is just that good.
Explorer Tom Kildonnan’s New Year’s resolution is to stop being such a typical medieval castle and start acting more like a modern holiday home. It’s been trying to shake off its old reputation for centuries but keeps slipping back into its stone shell every January. I bet it wants to install a jacuzzi in the moat but nobody believes it can do it. Bring
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