{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"startTime":0.13,"endTime":4.48,"body":"Hey everyone and welcome back"},{"startTime":0.13,"endTime":4.48,"body":"to the Travel Mug podcast."},{"startTime":4.48,"endTime":12.91,"body":"Today we are here with a beginner guide"},{"startTime":4.48,"endTime":12.91,"body":"episode to the Isle of Skye in Scotland."},{"startTime":13.36,"endTime":17.65,"body":"I visited here for five days"},{"startTime":13.36,"endTime":17.65,"body":"back in 2022, and it's one of my"},{"startTime":17.65,"endTime":19.15,"body":"favorite places I've ever been."},{"startTime":19.36,"endTime":24.19,"body":"It was very fun to go down memory lane"},{"startTime":19.36,"endTime":24.19,"body":"when, uh, planning this episode, so I'm"},{"startTime":24.19,"endTime":26.77,"body":"really excited to share it with you."},{"startTime":27.375,"endTime":31.575,"body":"But of course with our beginner's"},{"startTime":27.375,"endTime":31.575,"body":"guides, it's meant to be a 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