This is a bit of a cheat entry – there’s a carefully tended section of the woods that has wild flowers. Some are natives, some are natives of the area but were added here, and some are natives of neighboring regions, but are not native here. I actually came here because I knew they had […]
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This was my favorite castle of the trip. The castle was incredibly interesting – lots of different collections, and the family themselves were fascinating. So definitely enjoyed the inside tour, but per usual, my favorite part was the gardens. They’re actually fairly modern because they were turned over to agriculture over the two world wars,
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Our next drive was north of Inverness, up to Dunrobin Castle in Golspie. This is another castle still owned by the original family, and it’s on an amazing patch of land right on the ocean. (The day we were there, there were fighter jet drills happening at the nearby base, so we had that sound
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For our first full day out of Inverness, we stopped by several fairly close sites. I really loved being in our own car – we got to explore a little more than the people in the tour buses. Culloden is the site of the last battlefield on British soil – the last battle for Bonnie
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On our way up to Inverness, we stopped at Stirling Castle. Got there at opening, at which point it was pouring rain. This visit really was the perfect example of Scottish weather – by the time we left, it was gorgeously sunny. That’s probably best illustrated by the two pictures below, which are views of
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We are back from two weeks in Scotland, so plenty of pictures are forthcoming. We arrived on Tuesday the 27th, but we were visiting a friend in Edinburgh, so the actual touristing didn’t start until Wednesday. Naturally, we hit the Royal Mile first. Since I can’t resist a good cathedral, here are some highlights of
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